ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#1re: ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:47am
I thought JULIA was an excellent movie.
Told a very moving TRUE story about a very unselfish woman and her involvement with the resistance movement in Europe during the 1930s. VERY tight script and direction.
And the cast! How can you go wrong with: Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Maximillian Schell, Hal Holbrook and Cathleen Nesbitt.
Robards and Redgrave both won Supporting Oscars.
Note of Trivia: Meryl Streep made her film debut in JULIA--I believe she is in only one scene.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#2re: ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:53am
I went to a screening for it.
Annette Bening was luminous.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#3re: ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:56amHow do you get to go to all these screenings??
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#4re: ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:58am
Oh MY... I did it AGAIN.
I read thread title too quickly... I'm sorry, I don't know anything about BEING Julia. 
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#5re: ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:59amGov, I go for work. The movie studios are clients...
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#6re: ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
Posted: 11/1/04 at 4:06amI also saw it i na screening. I loved Annete Bening.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)
Posted: 11/7/04 at 11:41am
I found BEING JULIA to be wonderfully enjoyable. It was funny, with unexpected twists. Bening give a special performance. Irons and Gambon also give fine turns. The young man [Shaun Evans (?)]is good-looking and nuanced in his shallowness to make himself utterly believable and transparent. Stevenson give a funny performance as Julia's maid. Rosemary Harris and Rita Tushingham are luminous but unfortunately on screen for only a few minutes.
A favorite line of ine, and I paraphrase:
Julia (weeping): I'm a no-good bitch. And a slut.
Her husband (consoling her through her tears): Nevertheless. (PAUSE) You're a brilliant actress.
If you like the world of the theatre, how can one not help but enjoy BEING JULIA?
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