Despite its gentility and evasiveness, julia may have come much closer to the truth about lillian hellman on the strength of jane fondas edgy, persuasive performance, which reveals an. The film stars jane fonda, vanessa redgrave, jason robards, hal holbrook, rosemary murphy, maximilian schell and meryl streep. Jane fonda and lily tomlin have been soul mates since 1971. With jane fonda, vanessa redgrave, jason robards, maximilian schell. Jason robards dashiell hammett maximilian schell johann hal holbrook. It is based on a chapter from lillian hellmans book pentimento about the authors relationship with a lifelong friend, julia, who fought against the nazis in the years prior to world war ii.
Julia was released theatrically on october 2, 1977 by 20th century fo. But vanessa redgraves performance shines in a film filled with great performances. After lillian jane fonda, a renowned playwright, reunites in russia with her childhood playmate julia vanessa redgrave, the writer is recruited to smuggle funds into germany to aid the anti. Rent julia 1977 starring jane fonda and vanessa redgrave on dvd and bluray. With jane fonda, jeff bridges, raul julia, diane salinger. Julia is a 1977 american holocaust drama film directed by fred zinnemann, from a screenplay by alvin sargent. Watch meryl streep hilariously recall working on her first. But in reality, the two actors who portray the parts, jane fonda and lily tomlin, have been reallife buddies for four decades since the pair starred in the cult movie classic 9 to 5 along with. Then, streep recalled meeting fonda back in the mid70s while working together on the period drama julia, which marked streeps. See more ideas about jane fonda, vanessa redgrave and fred zinnemann.
Based on part of lillian hellmans memoir, the film stars jane fonda as hellman as she recounts her friendship with the. This is the principal difficulty that faced fred zinnemann, the director, and alvin sargent, who wrote the. Released october 2nd, 1977, julia stars janefonda, vanessaredgrave, jasonrobards, maximilianschell the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 56 min, and received a. Find out where julia 1977 is streaming, if julia 1977 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. We hear the voice of jane fonda, as lillian hellman, telling us about this great friend of her youth, and how julia vanessa redgrave grew up to. A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. In 1958, young jane fonda returned from paris and met lee startsberg to pursue a career in acting. Jane fonda full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Julia 1977 with jane fonda, max schell and jason robards is my favorite film. Jane fonda provides an interesting portrait of the young woman playwright who banged out her frustrations on the typewriter, who chainsmoked, who drank too much and lived with dashiell hammett, who also drank too much and who eventually became the legend we know today.
This is the principal difficulty that faced fred zinnemann, the. Her debut came in 1960 film tall story, after pursuing broadway in the play there was a little girl in the same year. The film traces the lifelong relationship between playwright lillian hellman. Its awkward, the way the movie has to suspend itself between julia its ostensible subject and lillian hellman, its real subject.
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright lillian hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into nazi germany. 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. Jane fonda, vanessa redgrave, meryl streep, maximilian schell and jason robards directed by. Her breakout performance came in the movie period of adjustment. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. The one exception is a very wellknown fellow oscar winner, meryl streep, with whom fonda starred alongside in streeps firstever. Julia lillian hellman 1977 fun with dick and jane jane harper 1977. The film stars jane fonda, vanessa redgrave, jason robards, hal holbrook, rosemary murphy, maximilian schell and meryl streep in her film debut. Jane fonda celebrity profile check out the latest jane fonda photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Jane fonda on new movie, being a mentor to meryl streep. Jane fonda is highly attuned to the fine strains of human frailty. Actors vanessa redgrave and timothy dalton attending the premiere of the movie julia 1977.
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