Julie & Julia (2009)

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123 min - Biography | Drama | Romance - 7 August 2009 (USA)

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Ratings: 7.0/10 from 38,340 users Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 243 user | 240 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Meryl Streep	...	Julia Child
	Amy Adams	...	Julie Powell
	Stanley Tucci	...	Paul Child
	Chris Messina	...	Eric Powell
	Linda Emond	...	Simone Beck
	Helen Carey	...	Louisette Bertholle
	Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Sarah
	Jane Lynch	...	Dorothy McWilliams
	Joan Juliet Buck	...	Madame Brassart
	Crystal Noelle	...	Ernestine
	George Bartenieff	...	Chef Max Bugnard
	Vanessa Ferlito	...	Cassie
	Casey Wilson	...	Regina
	Jillian Bach	...	Annabelle
	Andrew Garman	...	John O'Brien

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Julia Child and Julie Powell - both of whom wrote memoirs - find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible. Written by Columbia Pictures

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Based on Two True Stories See more »

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Biography | Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality See all certifications »

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Release Date:

7 August 2009 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Julie y Julia See more »

Filming Locations:

12-17 38th Avenue, Queens, New York City, New York, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$20,027,956 (USA) (9 August 2009) (2354 Screens)

Gross:

$118,552,598 (Worldwide)

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Columbia Pictures, Easy There Tiger Productions, Scott Rudin Productions See more »

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123 min

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SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

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Color

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1.85 : 1

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Trivia

This is the second film that Meryl Streep has appeared in that has the name "Julia" in the title. The first was her film debut, Julia, in 1977. See more »

Goofs

Boom mic visible: When Julia Child is showing her co-authors a new recipe. See more »

Quotes

Julie Powell: I have to murder and dismember a crustacean
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Connections

Referenced in "How I Met Your Mother: Hopeless (#6.21)" (2011) See more »

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"Stop the Train"
Written by Henry Gummer (as H.W. Gummer), Mark Noseworthy and Tay Strathairn
Performed by Henry Gummer (as Henry Wolfe) See more »

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