Julia
by Fred Zinnemann
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Actor: Hal Holbrook, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell, Vanessa RedgraveDirector: Fred Zinnemann
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
Editor: Marcel Durham
Producer: Julien Derode
Producer: Richard Roth
Producer: Tom Pevsner
Writer: Alvin Sargent
Writer: Lillian Hellman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Julia
Movie Review: "Beads On a Hot Dancer . . ."
Summary: 5 Stars
When I recently purchased the DVD of "Julia," I recalled these words uttered by Lilly and her friend Julia in their adolescent memory game; the image, from Hellman's book "Pentimento"--repeated in the film--is as vivid and unforgettable as is this splendid film, which has not dimmed with the passage of time. If anything, "Julia" has improved over the years, time having rendered the former controversies over the politics of Fonda and Redgrave and the truth or falsity of Hellman's narrative irrelevant.
Every character in this film is finely delineated: Jane Fonda as the insecure chain-smoking author, Lillian; Vanessa Redgrave as her best friend in the title role [and the word "luminous," with which several reviewers characterize Redgrave's performance, does not constitute hyperbole]; Jason Robards as Lilly's gruff but tender mentor and lover; Maximilian Schell as Julia's impoverished anti-fascist go-between; and the two actresses who play Lilly and Julia as young girls. All are superb.
"Julia" is arguably one of the best espionage films ever produced in Hollywood. The image of a transcontinental train hurtling through the snow-bound night, just as the world is hurtling headlong into war, evokes danger and guarantees entertainment of the highest calibre. Many Oscar-winning films nowadays are well acted but so depressing that one might not want to view them a second time. "Julia" is a keeper, especially at Amazon's ridiculously low price.
Summary of Julia
Based on a story from Lillian Hellman's best-seller, "Pentimento." Hellman (Jane Fonda) recalls her lifelong relationship with the fiercely independent and politically minded Julia (Venessa Redgrave). Born to great wealth, Julia devotes her life to political causes fighting fascism in the 1930's. While Hellman is travelling in Europe, she is approached by one of Julia's political friends (Maximilian Schell) and is swept into Julia's world, smuggling money across hostile borders. Featuring Meryl Streep in her film debut, Julia won three 1977 Academy Awards?, including Vanessa Redgrave as Best Supporting Actress, Jason Robards as Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay Adaptation.Part of the late-'70s wave of films about strong women (as if none had existed before that), Julia starred Jane Fonda as writer Lillian Hellman in a story based on some of Hellman's own writings. The stronger woman here is the title character (Vanessa Redgrave), a socially active young woman who teaches Hellman the importance of sticking to her beliefs--even in the face of Nazi terror. The subplot focuses on Hellman's growth as a writer, under the supportive wing of lover Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards). Lushly photographed by Fred Zinnemann, it's one of the few films that projects a sense of how a writer writes; it also was unafraid to explore the dark consequences of conscience, when Resistance-fighter Julia is captured by the Germans. Robards and Redgrave both won Oscars (leading to Redgrave's Zionist hoodlums acceptance speech). Watch for Meryl Streep in a tiny role in her film debut. --Marshall Fine
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