Being Julia (2004)
| Release Date | 03 September 2004 |
| Budget | $18,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $8,000,000 |
| Tagline | Passion. Obsession. Revenge. Prepare for the performance of a lifetime. |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | CanadaUSAHungaryUK |
| Filming Locations | Budapest, Hungary |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Romantic Comedy, Showbiz Drama, Period Film |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Themes | Age Disparity Romance, Out For Revenge, Infidelity |
| Tones | Understated, Easygoing, Earnest, Cerebral, Irreverent, Biting |
| Tags | Actor, Diva, Has Been, Middle Age, Rival, Sarcasm, Scheme |
Being Julia is a 2004 drama film with comic undertones directed by István Szabó and starring Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham. The original music score is composed by Mychael Danna.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Mari Kiss
Mr. Gosselyn's Secretary
Ronald Markham
Butler
Terry Sach
Chauffeur
Catherine Charlton
Miss Philips
Andrew Paton Story Busher
Male Singer
George Lang
Antoine the Maitre D
Michael Culkin
Rupert
Marsha Fitzalan
Florence
Denzel Sinclaire
Pianist , Singer
Teresa Churcher
Cynthia
István Komlós
Prompter
Bruce Anderson
Jewellery Shop Assistant
Bryan Burdon
Busker 'Chamberlain'
Alison Jiear
Female Singer
Barnabás Réti
Lord Charles' friend
Director
Producer
Sandra Cunningham
co-producer
Robert Lantos
producer
Mark Milln
executive producer
Mark Musselman
co-producer
Marion Pilowsky
executive producer
Julia Rosenberg
co-producer
Kevan Van Thompson
line producer
Original Music
Mychael Danna
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Cinematographer
Lajos Koltai
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Editor
Susan Shipton
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Casting Director
John Buchan
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Celestia Fox
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Production Designer
Luciana Arrighi
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Art Director
Paul Ghirardani
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Lóránt Jávor
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Set Decorator
Zoltán Horváth
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Attila Köves
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Ian Whittaker
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Costume Designer
John Bloomfield
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Makeup Department
Elle Elliott
hair stylist: Annette Bening
Judit Endrényiné
makeup artist
Erzsébet Forgács
makeup supervisor
Kajtar 'Bogyo' Janosne
hair stylist supervisor
Kat Kairo
makeup assistant: London & Jersey
Lesley Lamont-Fisher
makeup artist: London/Jersey
Chris Redman
hairdresser: London/Jersey
Stephen Rose
personal hair stylist: Ms. Benning
Jordan Samuel
personal makeup artist: Ms. Bening
Eric Scruby
hairdresser: London/Jersey
Sarah-Jane Sheehy
makeup artist: London/Jersey
Anna Tesner
makeup artist: extras
Production Manager
Neil Chordia
co-production manager
Kate Dain
production manager
Kinga Kovacs
assistant unit manager
Philip Morris
line production manager
Lajos Óvári
unit production manager
Gábor Téni
unit manager
Lori A. Waters
post-production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Barrington
third assistant director: London/Jersey
William Dutton
second assistant director: London/Jersey
Gergely Fülöp
assistant director
László Janicsek
first assistant director
Lídia Jung
trainee assistant director
Dávid Spáh
third assistant director
Guy Travers
first assistant director
Matthew Wehrle
crowd assistant director
Art Department
Alan Bailey
property master
Kinga Baranyai
set decoration production assistant
Péter Brill
construction manager
Roy Chapman
set dresser: UK
Aaron Chetwynd
stand-by art director: UK
Judit Csák
draughtsperson
Mike Cuddy
props storeman: UK
János Czakó
property master
Billy Edwards
property buyer
Colin Ellis
set dresser: UK
Kimberley Fahey
art department trainee
Dave Fisher
stand-by props
Dean Fisher
stand-by prop
Steve Furneaux
stand-by carpenter: UK
Éva Gerö
assistant set decorator
John Gibson
key carpenter: UK
Jason Hopperton
set dresser: UK
Péter Kovács
construction manager
Tony Lenman
key painter
Warren Lever
carpenter
Mihály Marton
stand-by props
József Ócsai
stand-by construction manager
Gábor Parányi
assistant set dresser
Pippa Roberts
graphic coordinator
Robert Sansom
construction manager: UK
Miklós Schmelcz
construction manager
Pater Sparrow
assistant art director, art department runner
Lajos E. Szabó
stand-by construction manager
Zoltán Szabó
assistant set decorator
Krisztina Szilágyi
draughtsperson
Zoltán Verebes
art department runner
Sound Department
Fred Brennan
dialogue and adr editor
Kathy Choi
first assistant sound editor
Janie Dahn
adr facility coordinator: UK
Roderick Deogrades
sound effects editor
Nick Foley
assistant adr recordist: UK
Stefan Fraticelli
foley artist
Jamie Gould
re-recording assistant
Matthew Hussey
first assistant sound editor
Simon Kaye
production sound mixer
Garrett Kerr
dialogue editor
Thomas Kodros
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
János Köporosy
playback operator
Goro Koyama
foley artist
Andy Malcolm
foley artist
Anna Malkin
foley recording assistant
Ron Malligers
foley recording mixer
Margot Massie
sound
David McCallum
sound effects editor
Chris Navarro
adr recordist
Daniel Pellerin
sound re-recording mixer
Szabolcs Stella
utility sound
David Sutton
boom operator
Ted Swanscott
adr mixer: UK
Jane Tattersall
supervising sound editor
Andrew Tay
sound re-recording mixer
Eric Thompson
adr mixer
Don White
foley recording mixer
Rebecca Wright
foley recording assistant
David Yonson
adr mixer: Toronto
Mark Zsifkovits
sound re-recording mixer
Special Effects
Gábor Balogh
standby special effects technician
János Berki
standby special effects technician
Furedi Csaba
special effects technician
David Harris
special effects: London/Jersey
Gabor Kiszelly
special effects assistant
Gyula Krasnyánszky
pyrotechnic supervisor
Ferenc Ormos
special effects supervisor
Visual Effects
Genevieve Forte
digital artist
John Furniotis
digital artist
Chris Wallace
HD colourist
Motassem Younes
digital opticals
Camera and Electrical Department
Gyula Balogh
electrician
Csaba Bankhardt
electrician
Balázs Bélafalvy
camera operator
Andrew Curling
best boy: UK
Dániel Decsi
camera loader
István Decsi
focus puller
Alex Dukay
still photographer
Paul Facer
electrician: UK
Károly Gál
best boy
Ákos Gulyás
second assistant camera
Stuart Howell
Steadicam operator: UK
Adam Korneth
video assistant
Tamás Krausz
electrician
Sabrina Lantos
assistant still photographer
Joe McGee
practical electrician
Zsigmond Molcsan
electrician
Tamas Nyerges
Steadicam operator
Luis Santos
lighting technician
István Szaladják
camera operator
Rudolf Takacs
gaffer
Mary Thompson
video assistant: UK
András Tóth
dolly grip
József Trombitás
grip
Casting Department
Jay Benedict
adr voice casting
Alex Johnson
casting assistant: UK
Tamás Kertész
extras casting
Mari Makó
casting: Hungary
Jonathan Payne
casting assistant: Canada
Phoebe Scholfield
adr voice casting
Gail Stevens
additional casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Imre Béres
costume assistant
Charlotte Bird
costume assistant: UK
Sándor Csajbók
costume assistant
Anikó Fazekas
costume assistant
Mónika Frankl
costume assistant
Gabriella Hógye
costume assistant
Attila Jánosi
costume assistant
David Murphy
wardrobe supervisor: UK
Miklós Nemes
costume assistant
Steven Paige
costume assistant: UK
Magdalen Rubalcava
assistant costume designer
Gábor Simkó
costume assistant
Móni Simkó
costume assistant
Zsuzsa Stenger
wardrobe supervisor
Gabor Szabo
costumer
Gyula Zámbó
costumer
Editorial Department
Chad Glastonbury
negative cutter
Chris Hinton
color timer
Brigitte Rabazo
first assistant editor
Catherine Rankin
negative cutter
Emma Sanders
post-production coordinator
Chris Wallace
colorist: high definition
Music Department
Lesley Barber
song producer
Mychael Danna
orchestrator, score producer
Nicholas Dodd
orchestrator, conductor
Liz Gallacher
music supervisor
Paul Intson
music editor
Ron Korb
musician: flute
Dan Parr
music preparation
Michael Perlmutter
music clearances
Ron Searles
score mixer, score recordist, music score recording engineer
Rob Simonsen
assistant to composer
Lenny Solomon
orchestra contractor
Youki Yamamoto
music preparation
Transportation Department
Péter Balogh
transportation captain
Simon Barker
unit transportation captain: UK
Zoltán Fohn
driver
Zsolt Spitzer
driver
Zsolt Zászló
production driver
Other Crew
Guy Barker
production accountant
Eva Borsos
assistant accountant
William Cameron
title designer
Richard Carless
marine specialist: UK
John Charles
software engineer: Sony DAC
Catherine Charlton
dialogue coach
Clair Chrysler
lead stand-in: Annette Bening
Jared Connon
second location manager
Ken Dhaliwal
production legal counsel
Brad Fox
production finance coordinator
Gergely Fülöp
set production assistant
Rita Galántai
production secretary
Piers Gielgud
choreographer
Tamás Guba
location manager
Lucy Jack
production coordinator
Isabella Kaliff-Lewis
assistant location manager: Jersey
Anya Keith
assistant coordinator
Balázs Kovács
extras coordinator
Barnabás Kovács
production assistant
Jennifer Lambert
unit nurse
Steven Lewis
finance legal
Meredith Mohr
assistant: Ms. Bening
Steve Mortimore
location manager
Jay Parsons
production secretary: UK
E. Andrew Pecs
supervising accountant
Ceris Price
publicist
David Scott
production assistant
Asha Sharma
location assistant
Karen Shaw
production coordinator
Michael Solomon
assistant: Mr. Lantos
Jeffrey Spitzer
assistant to director
Enikö Szakács
cashier
Esther Szasz
assistant: Jeremy Irons
Eszter Szász
assistant: Mr. Irons
Beatrix Szombati
assistant: Mr. Lantos
Ned Vukovic
dialect coach: post-production
Kelly Willson Harvey
assistant: Robert Lantos
Judith Windsor
dialect coach
Emma Woodcock
assistant location manager
Youki Yamamoto
midi transcriptor
Elaine Yarish
script supervisor
Éva Zöld
assistant production coordinator
Production Company
Serendipity Point Films
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First Choice Films
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Hogarth Productions
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Myriad Pictures
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Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
THINKFilm
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Myriad Pictures
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Alfa Films
Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors
Concorde Filmverleih
FS Film Oy
Filmax S.A.
Golden Village
LNK Audiovisuais
Mikado
SPI International
Shaw Organisation
Sony Pictures
Xenix Filmdistribution
Concorde Home Entertainment
Hollydan Works
LK-TEL Vídeo
La Fabrique de Films
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE)
,
Universal Pictures Benelux
Warner Home Video
Special Effects
Film Effects
Miscellaneous
AFM Lighting
grip and lighting equipment
Access Bookings
accommodation
Angels
wardrobe rentals
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
score mixed at
Casablanca
digital sound recording
DeLuxe Sound
video mastering , re-recording services
DeLuxe Toronto
film lab: post-production
Deluxe Post-Production
post-production facilities
Deluxe
film lab: production
Dennis Davidson & Associates Public Releations (DDA)
unit publicity
Donna Daniels Public Relations
publicity
Film Effects
digital opticals, titles
Focus - Fox Studio
film lab: production
Footsteps Post-Production Sound
foley services
Future Post Production Ltd.
digital sound recording
Future Post
digital sound recording
Gamma Studios
main titles design
Glenn Gould Studio
orchestra recorded at
High Tech Media Services
master continuity and spotting list
Hollydan Works
production services
Katmadhu Productions
post-production accounting
Kodak Hungary
film lab: production
Mad Dog Casting
extras casting
Moviecam Camera Rentals
grip and lighting equipment , camera equipment provided by
S.L. Feldman & Associates
music clearances
Speed of Light
grip and lighting equipment
Sync or Swim
loop group
Tattersall Casablanca
digital sound recording
Theatre D Digital
digital screening facility, avid editing equipment
Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack released by
Wood Hall Catering
catering
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Films directed by István Szabó
Being Julia
Bizalom (1980)
Colonel Redl (1985)
Hanussen (1988)
Meeting Venus (1991)
Mephisto (1981)
Sunshine (1999)
Taking Sides (2001)
