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Byline: Sean Smith
Just a minute ago we were talking about "The Manchurian Candidate," her political thriller coming out next week, but somehow Meryl Streep has veered off on her own little "Rock the Vote" tour. "Something like 35 percent of the population who can vote, doesn't," she says. "Now, if you told those people what clothes they had to put on, they'd be mad. If you told them what kind of car they had to drive--or what they had to eat for dinner--they wouldn't stand for it. But somebody is deciding what they eat and what they breathe and all that stuff..." Pause. "I'm on a rant, aren't I?" A little. Maybe we could get back to the "thriller" part. "Well, the movie has something to say, but it's mostly interested in scaring the bejesus out of you."
In the wake of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," this revamp of the 1962 classic starring Frank Sinatra feels more chilling than it would have just two months ago....
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