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American Centre screens Oscar acclaimed
'Sophie's Choice' an academy awarded movie will be screened at the weekly movie screening at the American Centre on April 4 Tuesday at 6.30pm.
Faithfully adapted from Willian Styron's best-selling novel, Alan J. Pakula's handsome production charts the course of an eccentric and intense love triangle in 1947 Brooklyn, New York.

Meryl Streep won an Academy Award for her carefully nuanced performance and perfect accent as Sophie, a Polish survivor of WWII concentration camps whois privy a devastating secret. The film was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Original Score at the Academy award.

The film is told through the eyes of aspiring Southern author Stingo (Emmy-nominated Peter MacNichol of TV's Ally Mcbeal) who moves to New York and strikes a friendship with Sophie and her boyfriend Nathan--played by Kevin Kline in his debut screen role.

The sunny streets of Brooklyn, just after World War II. A young would-be writer named Stingo (Peter MacNicol) shares a boarding house with a beautiful Polish immigrant Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her tempestuous lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline); their friendship changes his life.

Director Alan J. Pakula (All the President's Men) provides a steady, intelligent path into the harrowing story of Sophie, whose flashback memories of the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp forms the backbone of the movie.
Streep's exceptional performance--flawless Polish accent and all-won her an Oscar, and effectively raised the standard for American actresses of her generation. No less impressive is Kevin Kline, in his movie debut, capturing the mercurial moods of the dangerously attractive Nathan.

The two worlds of Sophie's Choice, nostalgic Brooklyn and monstrous Europe, are beautifully portrayed by the gifted cinematographer Néstor Almendros. Meryl Streep not only learned a Polish accent but also learned how to speak German. Rest of the cast include Peter MacNicol and Rita Karin. Entry for the screening will be free and seating is on first -come, first-served basis. Film fans are expected to bring their photo ID for entry.

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