Product: Julia (1971)
Rating: 5.0
Should be in the Top 10 of all time film greats
Although proven to be untrue, playwright Lillian Hellman's "memoir" about her friendship with the high-spirited Julia makes for a poignant and haunting film. Fonda plays Hellman and the glowing Redgrave is the enigmatic Julia. Some of the finest moments ever committed to celuloid are here: Hellman throwing her typewriter out the window, walking through Paris convincing herself to smuggle money into Nazi occupied Berlin, Hellman meeting up with the mysterious Mr. Johann (the excellent Max Von Sydow), Hellman's final meeting with Julia and the heart-racing moment as Julia ultimately meets her fate. A masterpiece.