Being Julia
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Being Julia | |
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Being Julia film poster |
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Directed by | István Szabó |
Produced by | Robert Lantos |
Written by | W. Somerset Maugham (novel), Ronald Harwood |
Starring | Annette Bening, Shaun Evans, Jeremy Irons |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
Release date(s) | September 3, 2004 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
Language | English |
Budget | ~ US$18,000,000 |
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Being Julia is a 2004 film directed by István Szabó, inspired by W. Somerset Maugham's novel Theatre.
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[edit] Plot
Set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930s, reigning diva Julia Lambert's success and fame grow suddenly wearisome. She falls in love with a young American, Tom Fennel, and begins a passionate affair. When she realises that Tom is just a young social climber whose real passion is ambitious young starlet Avis Crichton, Julia begins to plot a delightful revenge.
[edit] Cast
- Annette Bening as Julia Lambert
- Shaun Evans as Tom Fennel
- Jeremy Irons as Michael Gosselyn
- Lucy Punch as Avis Crichton
- Tom Sturridge as Roger Gosselyn
[edit] Awards
For her performance in the film, Annette Bening won the "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy" in the 2005 Golden Globe awards, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award. She however, lost both the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Academy Award to Hilary Swank.
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