“Julie and Julia: Preparing Happiness with a Prescription” ( eng. Julie & Julia , 2009 ) - American feature film - a biographical picture of director Nora Efron based on memoirs by Julie Powell, who released Julie and Julia in 2005 : 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen , created on the basis of posts in her own blog [1] . The premiere in the United States took place on August 7, 2009 , in Russia the film was released on October 15, 2009 .
| Julie and Julia: Cooking happiness with a recipe | |
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| Julie & Julia | |
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| Genre | drama , comedy |
| Producer | Nora Efron |
| Producer | Lawrence Mark Amy robinson Eric Steele Nora Efron |
| Author script | Nora Efron |
| In the main cast | Meryl Streep Stanley tucci Amy adams Chris Messina |
| Operator | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Composer | Alexander Despla |
| Film company | Columbia Pictures , Easy There Tiger Productions, Scott Rudin Productions |
| Duration | 123 min |
| Budget | $ 40 million |
| A country |  USA |
| Tongue | english French |
| Year | 2009 |
| IMDb | ID 1135503 |
Story
Julie Powell ( Amy Adams ) is an aspiring writer working as a call center operator at Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s , the center of assistance to victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks . Together with her husband, an editor by profession, she moves to a new place to be closer to work, capturing several cookbooks. One of them is the famous book by Julia Child ( Meryl Streep ) “ Mastering the art of French cuisine ”. One day at dinner in a restaurant, looking at her successful girlfriends, Julie realizes that she herself is all too simple. And she decides to blog, in order to distract from work and do what she likes - cooking, and at the same time attract regular readers. Julia’s blog begins to describe her life and the goal she set for herself: to cook 524 dishes from the book of Julia Child for the year, “risking her marriage and the cat’s well-being”.
At the same time, the film shows the 1940s – 1950s , when Julia Child and her husband Paul , a diplomat , live in Paris under suspicion from Senator Joseph McCarthy of complicity with the Communists. The beginning of the culinary career of Julia herself.
The director carefully emphasizes the similarities in solving the problems of the “gray days” of public servants that Julie and Julia face. Both women get support from their husbands, although at some point Julie Powell's husband breaks down from excessive loyalty to such a hobby and leaves her for a few days.
Ultimately, Julie's blog is written in The New York Times, and finally, she receives the well-deserved attention of journalists, literary agents and publishers, as well as a disparaging review from Julia Child - “Oh, it's a waste of time,” she would say . After the book is released, the final scene is shown, where Julie celebrates a happy event with her husband.
Cast
- Meryl Streep - Julia Child
- Stanley Tucci - Paul Child
- Jane Lynch - Dorothy McWilliams
- Amy Adams - Julie Powell
- Chris Messina - Eric Powell
- Vanessa Ferlito - Cassie
- Mary Lynn Rajskub - Sarah
- Dave Annable - Jake
- Frances Sternhagen - Irma Rombauer
- Deborah Rush - Evis Di Voto
- Linda Emond - Simone Beck
Film crew and production
- Director: Nora Efron
- Writer: Nora Efron
- by Julie Powell's "Julie & Julia"
- by Julie Childe and Alex Prudhomme's My Life in France
- Produced by: Lawrence Mark, Amy Robinson, Eric Steele, Nora Efron
- Executive producers: Donald J. Lee Jr., Scott Rudin , Dana Stevens
- Composer: Alexander Despla
- Operator: Stephen Goldblatt
- Installation: Richard Marks
- Production Designer: Mark Rikker
- Scenery: Susan Bode
Production Scott Rudin Productions ( USA ). The premiere date is August 7, 2009 .
Hire Columbia Pictures ( USA ) and Sony Pictures .
Interesting Facts
- This is the first feature film based on blog posts [2] . In 2002, online blogs were new, making Julie Powell’s blog very popular.
- Originally planned a film about the life of Paul and Julia Child, based on the book by Julia “My Life in France”, but after the release of the book by Julie Powell, the director decided to unite the two married couples.
- The shooting took place in New York and at the railway station in Hoboken (New Jersey).
- Real Julia Powell took part in the writing of the script for the film.
- Meryl Streep is 15 centimeters lower than her heroine, so the filmmakers tried to make her higher with camera and costumer tricks.
Awards
For her role in this film, actress Meryl Streep received the Golden Globe as the best film actress .
See also
- Julia Child
- Mastering the art of French cuisine
Notes
- ↑ The Julie / Julia Project Archived October 13, 2002.
- ↑ Philadelphia Weekly Archived May 29, 2012.
Links
- Julie and Julia on the Internet Movie Database
- Julie and Julia (eng.) On the site allmovie
- Original blog . (eng.) - 11.01.2010.
- Julie Powell blog . (eng.) - 11.01.2010.
Reviews
- Andreev K. To eat served // Reviews Film.ru , 11/23/2009. - 01/11/2010.
- Volobuev R. “The Godfather-2” about cooking // “ Poster ”. Movie reviews. September 30, 2009. - 11.01.2010.
- Zintsov O. Musik and Gusik (inaccessible link) // Vedomosti . No. 192 (2462), 12.10.2009. - 01/11/2010.
- Marantidi L. “Julie and Julia: Preparing Happiness with a Prescription” (review) // Kino-Teatr.ru reviews. October 21, 2009. - 11.01.2010.
- Narinskaya A. Soulful food // “Weekend” (supplement to the newspaper “ Kommersant ”). № 39 (135), 10/09/2009. - 01/11/2010.
- Kinovel “Julie and Julia: Preparing Happiness with a Prescription” on blogs // VelikoKino.ru Reviews, 04/09/2010. - 04/09/2010.
- Denby D. Americans in Paris // “ The New Yorker ”. August 24, 2009. (eng.) - 11.01.2010.
- Morgenstern J. 'Julie & Julia' Two Half Loaves // “ The Wall Street Journal ”. August 7, 2009. (eng.) - 11.01.2010.
- Scott AO Two for the Stove // “ The New York Times ”. August 7, 2009. (eng.) - 11.01.2010.