BEING JULIA

'''Being Julia''' is a 2004 film directed by István Szabó, inspired by W. Somerset Maugham's novel Theatre.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Box office and critical reception

Awards

External links

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

★ Lucy Punch as Avis Crichton

★ Tom Sturridge as Roger Gosselyn

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.

External links

★ Official site

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