NEWPORT, R.I. —  In coming weeks, Newport residents and visitors may spot Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep or Glenn Close around town.

The stars are in Rhode Island to film"Evening,"a movie about a woman who remembers her romantic past in flashback as she lies on her deathbed.

Steven Feinberg, director of the Rhode Island Film and Television Office, said the stars would film in locations around Newport and Tiverton for eight weeks.

In"Evening,"Redgrave plays Ann Grant, the dying woman, while Claire Danes plays Grant in her younger years. Streep plays one of Grant's college friends at an older age.

Toni Collette and Redgrave's real-life daughter, Natasha Richardson, play Ann Grant's daughters. Streep's real-life daughter, Mamie Gummer, is also in the cast.

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