Being Julia (2004) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	October 15, 2004 (LA/NY)
On DVD:	March 22, 2005
Genre:	Drama, Comedy
Director:	István Szabó
Writer:	Ronald Harwood
Cast:	Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Shaun Evans, Michael Gambon, Bruce Greenwood, Juliet Stevenson, Lucy Punch, Rosemary Harris
Studio:	Sony Pictures Classics
Official site:	sonyclassics.com/comingsoon.php?filmid=78&page=2
Running Time:	104 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for some sexuality

A delicious tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930's. Based on the novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham, it is the story of reigning diva Julia Lambert whose success and fame grow suddenly wearisome. She falls head over heels for a young American, Tom, and begins a passionate May - December affair. When she realizes that Tom is just a young social climber whose...

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Annette Bening delivers one of her finest performances to date, but is it enough to top Hilary Swank in this Sunday's Academy Awards? Bening stars as an illustrious stage actress by the name of Julia Lambert who falls in love with a younger man in the moderately funny and always entertaining "Being Julia." Full movie review »