Being Julia

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 (1937).

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.

Cast

• Annette Bening as Julia Lambert
• Shaun Evans as Tom Fennel
• Jeremy Irons as Michael Gosselyn (Julia's husband)
• Lucy Punch as Avis Crichton
• Tom Sturridge as Roger Gosselyn (Julia & Michael's son)

Box office and critical reception

The film earned $122,214 in its first weekend in just 9 theaters. In total the film earned $14,339,171 in the widest release of 318 theaters.^[1] The film earned a 76% approval rating (91 positive reviews out of 119) at Rotten Tomatoes, a website that complies multiple critic reviews.^[2]

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. This is the second time she lost the Academy Award to Swank.

References

External links

• Official site
• Being Julia at the Internet Movie Database
• Metacritic: Being Julia

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