Julia (1977)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
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A lot of actresses have won Oscars and never matched that career peak but Swinton has gotten even better since her Academy Award with stunning work in “Julia,” “I Am Love,” and, now, “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
Whoopi Goldberg ("Ghost," "The Color Purple") is decent as the standard, no nonsense but wise head nurse, while Jeffrey Tambor ("Meet Joe Black," HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show") and Vanessa Redgrave ("Howards End," "Julia") make brief appearances as facility doctors.
Peter's personal crises create the core of the superb "Spider-Man 2," a rare summer megamovie with both a brain and a soul -- courtesy of screenwriter Alvin Sargent, whose previous projects include "Ordinary People" and "Julia" -- as well as enough visual fireworks to satisfy even the most discriminating action fan.
The movie’s story was co-written by Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the brilliant “Adventures of Kavalier & Klay” (a masterpiece centering on the early days of comic books), and the screenplay was written by Alvin Sargent (two-time Oscar winner for Ordinary People and Julia ).
What a gift to have the Bay Area's Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay) working on the story, and two-time Oscar-winning veteran Alvin Sargent (Julia, Ordinary People) completing the screenplay.
Also divulged in the credits are the names of writers Michael Chabon (Pulitzer for the novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, about old-time comic-book scribes) and Alvin Sargent (adapted screenplay Oscars for Julia and Ordinary People), who love Spider-Man not just when he's fighting the bad guy but when he's wrestling with himself.
Much of the credit for the movie's brilliance goes to director Sam Raimi, who also directed the first film and has agreed (thankfully) to helm the third, as well as screenwriter Alvin Sargent (Ordinary People, Julia) and an ensemble who perform to the fullest of their considerable abilities.
This mild-mannered, Average Joe quality is what makes this particular superhero so accessible to fans, and director Sam Raimi -- along with numerous screenwriters, including Alvin Sargent (who won Academy Awards for his screenplays for 1977's"Julia" 1980's "Ordinary People") -- underscore Parker's ordinary-guy persona every chance they get.
The screenplay credits are shared by two distinguished veterans, Alvin Sargent (Julia, Ordinary People) and William Broyles Jr. (Apollo 13, Cast Away).
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Fortunately, Raimi -- who co-wrote the script with his brother Ivan as well as two-time Oscar winner Alvin Sargent (Julia, Ordinary People) -- figures out a way to line up these events in such a way that they don't trample one another.