A significant commercial and critical success, the film earned Streep another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, also winning Best Picture. Critic Stanley Kaufmann wrote, Meryl Streep is back in top form. This means her performance in Out of Africa is at the highest level of acting in film today.
contract negotiation. Act of two or more parties discussing points of a potential partnership arrangement. The goal is for an agreement to be made that is beneficial to all involved parties. Discussions may go back and forth between parties until all points have been agreed upon.
Contracts are usually written but may be spoken or implied, and generally have to do with employment, sale or lease, or tenancy. A contractual relationship is evidenced by (1) an offer, (2) acceptance of the offer, and a (3) valid (legal and valuable) consideration. Each party to a contract acquires rights and duties relative to the rights and duties of the other parties.