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6.5At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Cast
- Jane Fonda as Lillian Hellman
- Vanessa Redgrave as Julia
- Jason Robards as Dashiell Hammett
- Maximilian Schell as Johann
- Hal Holbrook as Alan
- Rosemary Murphy as Dorothy Parker
Themes
- friends
- playwright
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Fred Zinnemann
- Screenplay by
- Alvin Sargent
- Based on
- "Julia" in Pentimento , by Lillian Hellman
- Produced by
- Richard Roth
- Starring
- Jane Fonda Vanessa Redgrave Jason Robards Hal Holbrook Rosemary Murphy Maximilian Schell
- Cinematography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Edited by
- Walter Murch Marcel Durham
- Music by
- Georges Delerue
- Production company
- 20th Century Fox
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- October 2, 1977 ( 1977-10-02 )
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $7.84 million
- Box office
- $20,714,400 (worldwide)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 610762
- Image
- Jane Fonda par Claude Truong-Ngoc 1976.jpg
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- publication date
- 1979-09-20
- title
- Julia
- review score
- 73%
- Commons category
- Julia (film)
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Julia is a 1977 American political drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and written 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 as Hellman and Vanessa Redgrave as Julia. It co-stars Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, Rosemary Murphy, Maximilian Schell, and Meryl Streep (in her film debut).
Julia released theatrically on October 2, 1977, by 20th Century Fox. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $20.7 million against a $7 million budget. It received a leading 11 nominations at the 50th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won three awards: Best Supporting Actor (for Robards), Best Supporting Actress (for Redgrave) and Best Adapted Screenplay.