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Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Julie & Julia (Motion picture)
Main Author: Desplat, Alexandre (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Easy There Tiger, Inc, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Robinson, Amy (Producer), Mark, Laurence (Producer), Ephron, Nora (Producer, Screenwriter, Director), Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945- (Cinematographer), Rudin, Scott, 1958- (Producer), Lee, Donald J. (Producer), Stevens, Dana, 1963- (Producer), Steel, Eric (Producer), Streep, Meryl (Actor), Adams, Amy (Actor), Tucci, Stanley (Actor), Messina, Chris (Actor), Emond, Linda (Actor), Rajskub, Mary Lynn, 1971- (Actor), Lynch, Jane, 1960- (Actor), Sternhagen, Frances, 1930- (Actor), Carey, Helen, 1944- (Actor), Rush, Deborah (Actor), Buck, Joan Juliet (Actor), Ferlito, Vanessa (Actor), Wilson, Casey, 1980- (Actor), Bach, Jillian, 1973- (Actor), Roth, Ann, 1931- (Costume designer), Powell, Julie, Child, Julia
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:In English or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English or French; English audio described; closed captioned.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Powell, Julie > Film adaptations.
Child, Julia > Film adaptations.
Powell, Julie > Drama.
Child, Julia > Drama.
Blogs > Drama.
Cooking, French > Anecdotes > Drama.
Cooking > Study and teaching > France > Paris > Drama.
Women cooks > Biography.
Romantic comedy films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Summary:Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. Julia Child has an amazing love affair with her dashing husband, Paul, all while embracing life and French food. Julie lovingly celebrates the life of one of American food's most influential and beloved figureheads.
Item Description:Based on the book "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell and "My life in France" by Julia Child with Alex Prud'Homme.
DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.
Special features: Commentary with writer/director Nora Ephron (optional English subtitled commentary); "Secret ingredients: creating Julie & Julia" featurette.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language and some sensuality.
CHV rating: PG; coarse language, language may offend.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; editor, Richard Marks ; production designer, Mark Ricker.
ISBN:1435951174
9781435951174