Sister Aloysius slowly pulls out the truth about Father Flynn's meeting with young Donald. In the scene: Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
Sister Aloysius slowly pulls out the truth about Father Flynn's meeting with young Donald. In the scene: Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
At an awkward, silent dinner with the sisters, Sister Aloysius raises concerns about the school. In the scene: Sister James (Amy Adams), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
Sister Aloysius disciplines a student as she and Father Flynn wait to start for Sister James to arrive for their meeting. In the scene: Sister James (Amy Adams), Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
Sister James leads her class in a history lesson underSister Aloysius's stern, watchful eye. In the scene: Sister James (Amy Adams), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
Father Brenden leads the school boys in a lesson on both basketball and hygene. In the scene: Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
Father Flynn's meeting with Sisters James and Aloysius takes an uncomfortable turn. In the scene: Sister James (Amy Adams), Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
Sisters James and Aloysius meet with Father Flynn about updating the Christmas pageant, but the meeting's undertones are far less joyful. In the scene: Sister James (Amy Adams), Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
While Father Flynn leads a dinner with the boys, Sisters James and Beauvier discuss their suspicions. In the scene: Sister James (Amy Adams), Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
Father Flynn delivers a profound sermon on doubt. In the scene: Sister James (Amy Adams), Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the rigid and fear-inspiring principal of the Saint Nicholas Church School, suffers an extreme dislike for the progressive and popular parish priest, Father Flynn. Looking for wrongdoing in every corner, Sister Aloysius believes she's uncovered the ultimate sin when she hears Father Flynn has taken a special interest in a troubled boy. Without a shred of proof or evidence except her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius begins a crusade to both unearth the truth and expunge Flynn from the school, igniting a battle that threatens to tear apart the Church and school with devastating consequences. Starring, in alphabetical order: Amy Adams, Carrie Preston, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis
Sister James, concerned about Father Flynn's interest in one of the students, takes her concerns to Sister Aloysius. In the scene: Sister James (Amy Adams), Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep)
Bessie nervously awaits a series of tests for what could be a simple vitamin deficiency or something much worse. In this scene: Bessie (Diane Keaton), Dr. Wally (Robert De Niro)
Bessie makes an effort to get to know her troubled nephew Hank. In this scene: Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio), Bessie (Diane Keaton)
Lee gets a call with bad news from her estranged sister Bessie and must take her son Hank out of the mental institution to go to Florida. In this scene: Dr. Wally (Robert De Niro), Lee (Meryl Streep), Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio)
After a slight hold-up, Bessie finally meets her nephews for the first time. In this scene: Lee (Meryl Streep), Bessie (Diane Keaton), Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio), Ruth (Gwen Verdon)
Hank and Bessie take a trip to the beach, where he tries to learn more about his father and gives her a surprise. In this scene: Bessie (Diane Keaton), Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio)
Both of the sisters resent the other for the life choices she made. In this scene: Lee (Meryl Streep), Bessie (Diane Keaton), Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio)
Lee and Bessie awkwardly reunite after almost 20 years without seeing each other. In this scene: Lee (Meryl Streep), Bessie (Diane Keaton)
Bessie tries to get the truth out of Hank. In this scene: Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio), Bessie (Diane Keaton)
Lee begrugingly meets with her disturbed son Hank's therapist at the mental institution he was committed to after burning down her house. In this scene: Lee (Meryl Streep), Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio)
Brian and Roberta toast a successful first week at the school, then he admits he wishes they could get closer. In this scene: Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep), Brian Turner (Aidan Quinn)
Roberta tries to convince one of her students' mother to allow him to play in her class. In this scene: Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep)
After teaching a class, Roberta has an altercation with a mother who insists her son doesn't need to be "rescued" by a white woman. In this scene: Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep)
In an attempt to secure a job at the school in Harlem, Roberta demonstrates her violin teaching skills to Principal Williams. In this scene: Principal Janet Williams (Angela Bassett), Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep)
Roberta's boys place an ad in the personal section of the paper to try to get her to go out on a date. In this scene: Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep)
Though Brian has grown close to Roberta and her two boys, he doesn't seem to have serious intentions about settling down with the family. In this scene: Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep), Brian Turner (Aidan Quinn)
Roberta meets Isabel, one of the few teachers who doesn't immediately shun her. In this scene: Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep), Isabel Vasquez (Gloria Estefan)
A parent complains that Roberta is too harsh on the students, but when she tries to be softer, the students have concerns. In this scene: Principal Janet Williams (Angela Bassett), Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep)
The acclaimed true story of how one woman's musical gift affected those who least expected it. A single mother with little more than talent and the determination to make a difference, Roberta Guaspari overcame the skepticism of everyone who didn't think she should be teaching violin to students in a tough inner-city neighborhood. However, even after a decade of ever-growing popularity and countless success stories, Roberta and her kids must rise to meet an even greater challenge: budget cuts aimed at shutting down her valuable program for good. This extraordinary story will inspire anyone who's ever thought their dreams were too far out of reach. Starring, in alphabetical order: Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Cloris Leachman, Gloria Estefan, Meryl Streep
After many years Brian and Roberta reconnect and discuss failed life dreams, then he makes her a unique offer. In this scene: Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep), Brian Turner (Aidan Quinn)
Roberta makes a connection with an important figure in the classical music world. In this scene: Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep)
The Hours chronicles a day in the life of three women, separated by a span of nearly 80 years, who find themselves weathering similar crises, all linked by a single work of literature. Virginia Woolf lives in a suburb of London in the 1920s as she struggles to begin writing her first great novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Laura Brown, a young wife and mother in post-World War II Los Angeles, is reading Mrs. Dalloway, and is so deeply affected by it that she begins to question the life she has chosen for herself. Finally, Clarissa Vaughan is a modern-day Mrs. Dalloway in contemporary New York, planning a party for her friend and former lover who is slowly losing his fight with AIDS. Starring, in alphabetical order: Allison Janney, Claire Danes, Ed Harris, Jeff Daniels, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Miranda Richardson, Nicole Kidman, Stephen Dillane, Toni Collette
