ANTONE SEEN THE MOVIE BEING JULIA? ANY THOUGHTS? (NMI)

[broadwaygiant19122]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 1:05am

[Mary_Ethel]

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.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:53am

I went to a screening for it.

Annette Bening was luminous.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:56am

How do you get to go to all these screenings??

[Mary_Ethel]

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.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 10:59am

Gov, I go for work. The movie studios are clients...

[DAME]

Posted: 11/1/04 at 4:06am

I also saw it i na screening. I loved Annete Bening.

[Unknown User]

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?