Julie & Julia - DVD [2009]

A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in Julie & Julia, the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking. Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) co-stars in director Nora Ephron's delicious comedy about joy, obssesion and butter. Bon appTtit!

At a late-19th-century Swedish noble's estate, the imperious daughter of the manor, Miss Julie (Saffron Burrows), deigns to flirt with the family's headstrong footman, Jean (Peter Mullan). In the course of an evening, the minor class transgression escalates into an ultimately tragic battle of wills, in Mike Figgis' absorbing read on the Strindberg drama; Maria Doyle Kennedy also stars. 101 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English Dolby Digital 5.1.; Subtitles English; theatrical trailer.

Has beautiful Julie Benton married a murderer, an insanely jealous man who killed her first husband in hopes of marrying her? When Julie learns the answer is yes, she escapes him in a desperate attempt to forge a new life, taking a job as a stewardess. But her husband has no intention of letting Julie go ever. Doris Day and Louis Jourdan star as pursued and pursuer in this non-stop, double-Oscar -nominated* thriller built around the kin