Julia (1977)
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74% of critics liked it
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72% of users liked it
(2,512 ratings)
The film traces the lifelong relationship between playwright Lillian Hellman and Julia, a wealthy girl who turns her back on her upbringing to follow her ideals. In the 1930s, while the adult Hellman (Jane Fonda) struggles to establish herself as a playwright with the help of her lover, Dashiell… More The film traces the lifelong relationship between playwright Lillian Hellman and Julia, a wealthy girl who turns her back on her upbringing to follow her ideals. In the 1930s, while the adult Hellman (Jane Fonda) struggles to establish herself as a playwright with the help of her lover, Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards), Julia (Vanessa Redgrave) battles the exigencies of the Nazi regime. Visiting Julia in Germany, Lillian realizes how much her friend's idealism has cost her, both physically and financially. Lillian is asked by Julia's friend Johann (Maximilian Schell) to smuggle a large sum of money from Paris to Germany, the better to combat the Nazis from within. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and four acting awards, Julia won for Alvin Sargent's screenplay and Robards' and Redgrave's performances, leading to Redgrave's infamous "Zionist hoodlums" acceptance speech. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Fred Zinnemann
- Written By
- Alvin Sargent, Lillian Hellman
- Genres
- Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Feb 20, 1987 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
It's all in such good taste that it's downright stupefying.
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Variety Staff, Variety
The period environment, brilliantly recreated in production design, costuming and color processing, complements the topflight performances and direction.
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, Time Out
Lillian Hellman's tight autobiographical story about memory and friendship gets the full Zinnemann gloss-wash.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
The movie looks soft, which has nothing to do with the Hellman flintiness, guts, self-mockery, wisdom, above all, impatience with cant.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This movie's problems start with its point of view, and it never quite recovers from them.
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Cast
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Jane Fonda
as Lillian Hellman
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Vanessa Redgrave
as Julia
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Jason Robards
as Dashiell Hammett
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Maximilian Schell
as Johann
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Hal Holbrook
as Alan Campbell
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Rosemary Murphy
as Dorothy Parker
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Meryl Streep
as Anne Marie
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Dora Doll
as Train Passenger
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Elisabeth Mortensen
as Train Passenger
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John Glover
as Sammy
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Lisa Pelikan
as Young Julia
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Susan Jones
as Young Lillian
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Cathleen Nesbitt
as Grandmother
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Maurice Denham
as Undertaker
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Gerard Buhr
as Passport Officer
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Christian de Tilière
as Paris Concierge
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Stefan Gryff
as Hamlet
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Mark Metcalf
as Pratt
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Ann Queensbury
as Woman in Berlin Station
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Shane Rimmer
as Customs Officer New York Port Authority
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Jacqueline Staup
as Woman in Green Hat
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Molly Urquhart
as Woman
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Hans Verner
as Vienna Concierge
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Edmond Bernard
as Man in Berlin Station
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Antony Carrick
as Butler
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Don Koll
as First-Nighter at Sardi's
