Information
| Year: | 2009 |
| Rating: | 7.2(22135) |
| Listed in: | Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Directed by: | Nora Ephron |
| Actors: | Stanley Tucci Chris Messina Meryl Streep Amy Adams Linda Emond Helen Carey |
| "Based on Two True Stories" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Nora Ephron | |
| Actors | |
| Stanley Tucci | as Paul Child |
| Chris Messina | as Eric Powell |
| Crystal Noelle | as Ernestine |
| George Bartenieff | as Chef Max Bugnard |
| Andrew Garman | as John O'Brien |
| Michael Brian Dunn | as Ivan Cousins |
| Remak Ramsay | as John McWilliams |
| Jeff Brooks | as Minister |
| Brooks Ashmanskas | as Mr. Misher |
| Eric Sheffer Stevens | as Tim |
| Brian Avers | as Garth |
| Simon Jutras | as Dinner Guest |
| Stephen Bogardus | as Scott McLeod |
| Byron Jennings | as Houghton Mifflin Executive |
| Kelly AuCoin | as Houghton Mifflin Executive |
| Richard Bekins | as Houghton Mifflin Executive |
| Luc Palun | as The Chestnut Vendor |
| Rémy Roubakha | as Oyster Man |
| Robert Emmet Lunney | as Bill Koshland |
| Guiesseppe Jones | as Mailman |
| Jeff Talbott | as Interrogator |
| Johnny Sparks | as Interrogator |
| Simon Feil | as GI |
| Paul Borghese | as GI |
| Mark Gindick | as GI |
| D.L. Shroder | as GI |
| Darin De Paul | as GI |
| Tom Galantich | as American Ambassador |
| Allyn Burrows | as Waiter in Paris Café |
| Maxim Moston | as Musician at the Wedding |
| Shmuel Katz | as Musician at the Wedding |
| Paul Ognissanti | as Musician at the Wedding |
| Eric G. Halvorson | as Musician at the Wedding |
| Dimitri Radochevitch | as Fish Monger |
| Emmanuel Suarez | as Baker |
| Teddy Bergman | as Cobb Salad Waiter |
| Jean-Pierre Becker | as Fruit Store Owner |
| Mark Wilkins | as Butcher |
| Jaime D. Hall | as Cheese Guy |
| Francesco David | as Butcher |
| Luis Villabon | as Dancer |
| Alexander Brady | as Dancer |
| Roy William Gardner | as Exhibit Guest |
| Ira Berkowitz | as Paris Train Porter |
| Lou D'Amato | as French Bureaucrat |
| Steve Dash | as Hotel Guest |
| Corby Kummer | as Guest at Embassy Party |
| Peter Riga | as Wedding Guest |
| Harry L. Seddon | as New York City Subway Conductor |
| Ken Sladyk | as Paris Train Porter |
| Joey Sontz | as Wedding Dancer |
| Tom Stratford | as Gangster |
| Paul Thornton | as Restaurant Patron |
| Jonah Triebwasser | as Paris Train Conductor |
| Actresses | |
| Meryl Streep | as Julia Child |
| Amy Adams | as Julie Powell |
| Linda Emond | as Simone Beck |
| Helen Carey | as Louisette Bertholle |
| Mary Lynn Rajskub | as Sarah |
| Jane Lynch | as Dorothy McWilliams |
| Joan Juliet Buck | as Madame Brassart |
| Vanessa Ferlito | as Cassie |
| Casey Wilson | as Regina |
| Jillian Bach | as Annabelle |
| Diane Kagan | as Phila McWilliams |
| Pamela Stewart | as Instructor at Le Cordon Bleu |
| Frances Sternhagen | as Irma Rombauer |
| Kacie Sheik | as Annette |
| Megan Byrne | as Woman at the Party |
| Deborah Rush | as Avis De Voto |
| Helen Coxe | as Dorothy De Santillana |
| Amanda Hesser | as Herself |
| Maryann Urbano | as Dinner Guest |
| Felicity Jones | as Dinner Guest |
| Meg Kettell | as Simca's Concierge |
| Marceline Hugot | as Madame Bernheim |
| Erin Dilly | as Judith Jones |
| Cenovia Cummins | as Musician at the Wedding |
| Julia Prud'homme | as Bridge Teacher |
| Christelle Cornil | as Baker's Wife |
| Françoise Lebrun | as Baker's Mother |
| Denise M. Whalen | as Dancer |
| Valentine Aprile | as Dancer |
| Dianne Dreyer | as American Housewife |
| Evelyn Taucher | as Hat-Making Teacher |
| Mary Kay Place | as Julie's Mom |
| Beth Campbell | as Bridge Player |
| Nancy Digonis | as Dinner Guest |
| Lauren McCune | as Restaurant Patron |
| Trish McGettrick | as Wedding Guest |
| Alyssa Polacsek | as French Maid Server |
| Jackie Prucha | as Office Worker |
| Stacey Scotte | as Cooking Show Guest |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, French |
| Filming dates: | 13 March 2008 - 28 May 2008 |
| Budget: | USD 40,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 94,125,426 USD (29 November 2009) UK - 540,441 GBP (13 September 2009) Argentina - 555,973 ARS (20 September 2009) Austria - 73,499 EUR (6 September 2009) Estonia - 126,507 EEK (27 September 2009) France - 662,198 EUR (20 September 2009) Germany - 594,929 EUR (6 September 2009) Japan - 6,917,000 JPY (13 December 2009) |
| Plot: | In 1949, Julia Child is in Paris, the wife of a diplomat, wondering how to spend her days. She tries hat making, bridge, and then cooking lessons at Cordon Bleu. There she discovers her passion. In 2002, Julie Powell, about to turn 30 and underemployed with an unpublished novel, decides to cook her way through "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in a year and to blog about it. We go back and forth between these stories of two women learning to cook and finding success. Sympathetic, loving husbands support them both, and friendships, too, add zest. |
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"Psycho Killer" Written by David Byrne , Chris Frantz (as Christopher Frantz) and Tina Weymouth Performed by Talking Heads Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing "Poudre D'Or" Written by Erik Satie "Mes Emmerdes" Written and Performed by Charles Aznavour Courtesy of EMI Music France Under license from EMI Film & Television Music "Prince of Denmark's March" Written by Jeremiah Clarke Arranged by K.T. Wilder "Minor Swing" Written by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli Performed by 8 1/2 Souvenirs Courtesy of RCA Victor By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment "Time After Time" Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne "Stop the Train" Written by Henry Gummer (as H.W. Gummer), Mark Noseworthy and Tay Strathairn Performed by Henry Gummer (as Henry Wolfe) "A Bushel and a Peck" Written by Frank Loesser Performed by Doris Day Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment "Time After Time" Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne Performed by Margaret Whiting Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music |
Goofs
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CHAR: When cooking Julia Child's classic boeuf bourguignon, Julie Powell uses a Bordeaux or Bordeaux style wine rather than the burgundy or burgundy style wine (Pinot Noir) called for in all beef bourguignon recipes (including Child's). DATE: In the final scene, Julia Child opens a large envelope from her publisher with a copy of her first cookbook inside (published by Knopf, 1961). The envelope is of the Bubble-Wrap variety. Bubble-Wrap itself didn't receive the US Patent (Number 3,142,599) until July 28, 1964. Envelopes of that type started appearing in the late 70's. DATE: Throughout the film, Paul Child 's glasses can be seen to have a modern anti-reflective coating on them, years before such coatings became available. The tell-tale green sheen on the lenses is particularly visible during the outdoor wedding party. DATE: The postal vehicle appearing in front of the Cambridge house, a DJ5, was not used until 1965. The scene in the movie is 1961 or earlier. Revealing mistakes: The scene involving Paul Child 's photographing a food display in their kitchen, he uses a Rolleiflex camera. While shooting he winds the crank approximately one-and-a-half turns, when loaded with film the transport only requires 2/3 of a turn and stops automatic. So actually he was using an empty camera. DATE: When Paul Child is being questioned in Washington there is a pack of Lucky Strike in a green pack. Famously "Lucky Strike green went to war" because the ink contained chromium, a strategic material. Lucky Strike green never came back and the replacement design by Raymond Lowey in white which was introduced early in the war is still in use today and was in the 50s. BOOM: When Julia Child is showing her co-authors a new recipe. DATE: In the scene where Julia Child receives a letter about publishing her first book in 1961 (or earlier). The letter carrier bears a blue and red patch with a horse and rider facing left. These patches did not come into service until 1965. The appropriate patch should be a maroon patch with the horse and rider facing the right (backwards) when warn on the left shoulder. DATE: The movie opens in 1949 in Paris. In several establishing shots, including the Ile de la Cite and Notre Dame Cathedral, all the buildings appear to be a light tan sandstone color. Until the cleaning projects by culture minister Andre Malreaux in the late 1960s, all the famous buildings in Paris were quite black from centuries of pollution. DATE: In the scene when Julia Child is speaking to her French teacher in the library, she is using the word "salesperson". But this is a "gender-neutral" neologism created in the late 20th century. In 1950, an American would have used the word "saleslady" for "vendeuse". DATE: The opening scenes of the movie clearly state that we are in Paris in 1949. The Buick station wagon is a 1950 model (identifiable by the squared portholes in the hood - not round portholes in the fenders - and the "malocclusion" chrome grille). Even allowing that the model year began in September then, it's highly unlikely the Childs would have had a brand-new 1950 Buick available to be shipped to France. CHAR: Julie Powell adds a whole bay leaf when cooking Julia Child's classic boeuf bourguignon when the recipe calls for a crumbled bay leaf. Revealing mistakes: In most scenes Julia Child is shown to be a couple of inches taller than Paul Child . However, when they are getting up to dance following a fight with her father about Joseph McCarthy , they are side by side for a moment and Julia's shoulder is several inches below Paul's (because Meryl Streep is actually much shorter than the real Julia). DATE: At the beginning of the film, Julie Powell sits in her office cubicle speaking on the phone. At the background, Microsoft Word 2003 is opened on her computer (notice the bluish-rounded style with an amber highlight on the format task-bar). The scene is dated 2002, while Microsoft Office 2003 was released only on November 17, 2003, succeeding the grayish-rectangular styled Office XP. GEOG: The "not quite Eiffel tower in Queens" referred to in the commentary when Julie Powell and Eric first move to Queens, is a actually an abandoned factory water-tower in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Revealing mistakes: When Julia Child is with the other 2 women in the kitchen while being lectured on how to boil an egg, she is clearly standing on a platform to make her taller than the other women, as evidenced by her ankles. CHAR: When making the famous boeuf bourguignon recipe, both Julie Powell and Judith Jones use cloth towels to dry the beef, when the recipe specifically calls for paper towels. This is a minor change - and the recipe would not suffer as a result - but both women were taking care to follow Julia Child's instructions to the letter (although for very different reasons). Neither would have made the choice to change even the smallest detail of the recipe. FAIR: In the movie, Julie Powell wears her engagement ring before her wedding ring. While some consider this reversed, there is no set tradition for American women, and many wear their rings in this order. Fact errors: While it is true that Julia Child and Paul Child were early critics of Joseph McCarthy , the spat between Julia and her father over McCarthy at Dorothy's wedding reception is fiction. Although elected to the Senate in 1946, McCarthy was not a household name in 1951, when Dorothy got married, and simply did not have the kind of pull that would have forced Paul to go to Washington for questioning. Mr. McWilliams was, in fact, a supporter of Richard Nixon . Fact errors: The film has Dorothy meeting a French man at the party and then marrying him in France. In fact, her husband was Ivan Roper Cousins, Jr. (30 March 1918 - 2 January 1989), an American born in Westminster, Massachusetts. They were married in New York. Fact errors: While it is true that Mr. McWilliams did not approve of Julia Child marrying Paul Child , there is no evidence that he did not approve of Dorothy's choice of husband, as implied in the movie. Fact errors: The film has Judith Jones stand Julie Powell up due to bad weather. Jones told the Boston Globe in August 2009 that, in fact, she had wanted to meet Julie "because I wasn't sure how you put a blog together and I also wanted to talk about recipe rights", but canceled because "'Julia Child' (qv) looked at her blog and didn't think Julie was a serious cook. There were all these four-letter words - that isn't how you describe food if you care and if you're a good writer. Julia thought we shouldn't have anything to do with it." BOOM: When at the ritual cobb salad scene, the girl that is sitting directly across from Julie, the one with the sunglasses on her head, you can see the boom mic in the reflection of the sunglasses. Continuity: When Julia Child and Simca enter Louisette's apartment to meet Erma Rombauer, there is a bowl of strawberries on a side-table. In the next shot, Louisette is shown carrying the bowl of strawberries in from the other room. Crew: (At 03:20) When Julie Powell and her husband are driving in their jeep to the new apartment, you can see the camera that is secured to the car in the lower right hand corner. Its a visible shadow and you are able to see the camera lens reflection. Revealing mistakes: (At 28:00) Julie Powell is talking to her mom about blogging. All the sudden you hear the noise of the phone shutting off from the battery going dead. But when Julie looks at the phone and says "stupid battery", she pushes the off button (presumably) and you hear the noise as if it was just shut off. How can that happen if the battery already died? Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Julia Child ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) is checking out their new bed we see her kick off her shoes and lay down, the shoes in that scene are clearly not the ones she had on when she got out of the car, upon their arrival but the specially made lifts that Streep had to wear in order to appear taller. You'll notice that in many scenes the view of her legs/feet are obscured to hide the lifts, but not in this scene. Revealing mistakes: When Julia Child is teaching basic tasks with the other ladies at their cooking school, during the shot one can see the checkered platform under Julia's feet to make her appear taller. Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Julie Powell is writing in her blog about being stood up by Judith Jones , she is typing on her laptop. In the close-up when she decides to press the delete key, the key appears to be that of a full-size keyboard, not a laptop. CHAR: In the movie, Paul Child references his work with "General Mountbatten." There was no such person in the British Army during WWII; there was however, Admiral Louis Mountbatten of the Navy. GEOG: In the opening scenes Julia Child and Paul Child pull up to their Paris apartment. Their Parisian apartment was at 81 Rue de L'Université aka Roo de Loo. The apartment building the Childs pull up to in the film is number 10. CHAR: When in Paris, Julia Child narrates that she would arise at 6:30 am with the alarm clock and be in cooking school by 7:30 am, however the alarm shows 6:15 am. DATE: The Childs moved to Paris in 1948, not 1949 as shown. |
Quotes
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Julie Powell: I love you, Julia. Paul Child: What is it you REALLY like to do? Julia Child: Eat! Julia Child: Don't be afraid! Paul Child: Your book is going to change the world. Julia Child: I'm Julia Child. Bon appetit! Julia Child: If no one's in the kitchen, who's to see? Julia Child: [on her book being published by Knopf] Is it kuh-NA-pf or NOFF? Paul Child: Who cares! Julia Child: These damn things are as hot as a stiff cock! Julie Powell: [sprawled on the floor, crying] There's all this stuff on the floor! Paul Child: [to Julia] You are the butter to my bread, you are the breath to my life. [later echoed by Julie Powell to Eric Powell] [when Julie is eating her first egg] Julie Powell: It tastes like... cheese sauce. Yum. Julie Powell: I have to murder and dismember a crustacean Paul Child: [after telling Julia that she should be on television, & she laughs] I'm not kidding you; I'm not. Someone is going to publish your book. Someone is going to read your book, and realize what you've done. Because YOUR BOOK is amazing. YOUR BOOK is a work of genius. YOUR BOOK is going to change the world. Julia Child: You and I are vaches enragées. Simone Beck: That's exactly what we are. Mad cows. |
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