The film traces the lifelong relationship between playwright Lillian Hellman and Julia, a wealthy girl who turns her back on her upbringing to follow her ideals. In the 1930s, while the adult Hellman (Jane Fonda) struggles to establish herself as a playwright with the help of her lover, Dashiell ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 1977 | Running Time: 116 minutes
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$8.99JULIA (1977) / (WS SEN)
A 1970s "new" women's film starring two of the period's more outspoken activist actresses, Julia (1977) wistfully examines the power of female bonding as depicted in one of playwright Lillian Hellman's memoirs. Bookended by shots of Jane Fonda's aged Lillian meditating on her life, Julia unfolds in a series of occasionally over-gauzy flashbacks portraying the impact of two key figures on Hellman's existence. Even as Jason Robards' mentor/lover Dashiell Hammett is crucial to Lillian's 1930s ...more
- Jane Fonda - Lillian Hellman
- Vanessa Redgrave - Julia
- Jason Robards, Jr. - Dashiell Hammett
- Maximilian Schell - Johann
- Hal Holbrook - Alan Campbell
- Christian de Tilière - Paris Concierge
- Shane Rimmer - Customs Officer, New York Port Authority
- Jacqueline Staup - Woman in Green Hat
- Edmond Bernard - Man in Berlin Station
- Don Koll - First-Nighter at Sardi's
- Antony Carrick - Butler
- Hans Verner - Vienna Concierge
- Molly Urquhart - Woman
- Ann Queensbury - Woman in Berlin Station
- Fred Zinnemann - Director
- Julien Derode - Executive Producer
- Richard Roth - Producer
- Alvin Sargent - Screenwriter
- Margot Capelier - Casting
- Juliet Taylor - Casting
- Joan Bridge - Costume Designer
- Colette Baudot - Costume Designer
- Anthea Sylbert - Costume Designer
- Anthony Waye - First Assistant Director
- Alain Bonnot - First Assistant Director
- Walter Murch - Editor
- Marcel Durham - Editor
- Georges Delerue - Composer (Music Score)











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