Being Julia

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Being Julia

Being Julia film poster
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

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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.

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[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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