‘The Bridges of Madison County’
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Clint Eastwood (as director as well as co-star), Meryl Streep (pictured) and Richard LaGravenese pooled their resources and turned the novel of the same name into a surprisingly moving 1995 feature. Few books have been shrugged off so casually as Robert James Waller’s slender story, but Eastwood and his colleagues have transformed the material into a highly satisfying film, despite some awkwardness in its framing story (HBO, Sunday at 2:30 p.m.).
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