Julia 1977

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 118 min

genre: drama

theme: female buddy

director: Fred Zinnemann

Score: 5 / 10

Julia is a 1977 American WWII drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann, from a screenplay by Alvin Sargent. It is based on a chapter from Lillian Hellman's 1973 book Pentimento about the author's relationship with a lifelong friend, Julia, who fought against the Nazis in the years prior to World War II. The film stars Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, Rosemary Murphy, Maximilian Schell and Meryl Streep in her film debut.

Plot

The young Lillian Hellman and her friend Julia, daughter of a wealthy family being brought up by her grandparents in the United States, enjoy a childhood together and a very close friendship in late adolescence. Later, while medical student Julia attends the University of Oxford and the University of Vienna and studies with such luminaries as Sigmund Freud, Lillian, a struggling writer, suffers through revisions of her play with her mentor and lover, famed author Dashiell Hammett, at a beach house.

Awards

Cast

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author	Alvin Sargent Lillian Hellman
award	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Film BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Paris
director	Fred Zinnemann
editor	Walter Murch
genre	drama
keywords	alsace anti-nazi beach house border crossing dangerous mission dashiell hammett fish haunt injured kill medical student nazi era nazi germany nazism pass sigmund freud soviet union struggling writer to remember university of oxford university of vienna ussr wealthy family
musicBy	Georges Delerue
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Direction BAFTA Award for Best Editing BAFTA Award for Best Film BAFTA Award for Best Original Music César Award for Best Foreign Film Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
producer	Richard Roth
publisher	20th Century Fox
recordedAt	Paris Strasbourg-Ville station
theme	female buddy