Julie and Julia

Subject: Julie and Julia April 29th 2009, 4:59 pm

Very cute trailer! I'm definitely going to watch for this one. Nora Ephron directs. August 7th.

Synopsis

Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron's adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell's Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme....

Based on two true stories, 'Julie & Julia' intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond

http://www.moviefone.com/movie/julie-and-julia/26129/video/julie-and-julia-trailer-no-1/21404891001

Subject: Re: Julie and Julia April 29th 2009, 5:22 pm

Oh my! I know I'd love this. I have some of Julia's cookbooks and I used them a lot until I saw the light and started cooking "cleaner." Lol.
I still remember Dan Aykroyd's Julia Child skit on Saturday Night Live! (We used to watch SNL and then go out! Lord.) I think I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

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Subject: Re: Julie and Julia April 29th 2009, 6:12 pm

Cousin_Jake wrote:

Oh my! I know I'd love this. I have some of Julia's cookbooks and I used them a lot until I saw the light and started cooking "cleaner." Lol.
I still remember Dan Aykroyd's Julia Child skit on Saturday Night Live! (We used to watch SNL and then go out! Lord.) I think I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

So many memories! One of the funniest skits. I still laugh. (Was it really that long ago? Could have been just last year!)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/3523/saturday-night-live-the-french-chef

Subject: Re: Julie and Julia April 29th 2009, 6:40 pm

Thanks Mappy.

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Subject: Re: Julie and Julia April 30th 2009, 5:45 am

Crap ...... I can't watch that!

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Subject: Re: Julie and Julia April 30th 2009, 6:33 am

Cousin_Jake wrote:

Crap ...... I can't watch that!

I guess it's not on canada youtube either. Jessie, may I suggest just googling Dan Ackroyd French Chef SNL and maybe you'll find a link that will allow you to view.

Subject: Re: Julie and Julia April 30th 2009, 9:04 am

Mappy wrote:

Cousin_Jake wrote:

Crap ...... I can't watch that!

I guess it's not on canada youtube either. Jessie, may I suggest just googling Dan Ackroyd French Chef SNL and maybe you'll find a link that will allow you to view.

Done ..... it just sends me to the Hula site ..... oh well, I found this transcript and it was enough to get me laughing!

Julia Child: Welcome. I'm Julia Child. Today, we're going to make a holiday feast, and we're going to start with a half-boned chicken, a fine, fat roasting chicken. Now, first, remove the giblets - and you really should save the giblets. They make a fine stock for soup. Or you can save the liver and fry it up with some onions for a little snack; or if you have a number of livers, you can make a lovely liver pate, or a delicious liverwurst which you can spread on a cracker - a Ritz cracker, a Saltine.. or rye bread, or pumpernickel bread.. or if you're celebrating the Jewish holidays, you can make a chopped liver and shape it into the bust of a friend..
if someone's getting married or bar-mitzvahed. Or, if you have a little cat or a dog, they love liver. Save the liver! Don't throw it away! I hope I've made my point. Don't throw the liver away.
Now, where was I? [ looks around the kitchen ] Oh, yes. Anyway, it's time to bone the chicken. Now, for this, you need a very sharp knife. You can do nothing without a sharp knife! [ holds chicken and cuts ] Now, you place the chicken on its stomach, and cut along the backbone to the pug nose like so.. [ drops knife ] crap! Oh! Oh, now I've done it - I've cut the dickens out of my finger. Well, I'm glad, in a way, this has happened.. [ blood squirts onto the chicken ] We have never really discussed what to do. First, we must stop the bleeding. [ holds her apron over her hand ] The best way is to put pressure on the apron,
like so.. [ blood keeps sqirting all over the kitchen ] Now, you want to raise your hand above your head so the blood doesn't pump all the way up. [ blood continues to squirt ] Well, the apron doesn't seem to be working, so I recommend natural coagulants, such as chicken liver.. [ picks up the chicken liver ] Remember not to throw away the liver! [ blood squirts over the chicken liver ] Oh, God, it's throbbing! Well, a tourniquet can be made, using a chicken bone.. [ wraps towel and chicken bone around her hand ]
Find a pressure point between the heart and the wound - in this case, the wrist - and cut off the blood. This is a last resort, however, because you could lose your hand if you tighten it too much! [ blood keeps squirting ] If you're too woozy to tie the tourniquet, you might call Emergency Help - there's not much time left...... [ hobbles towards the phone onback wall and picks it up ] Now, every kitchen phone should have the Emergency number written on it somewhere.. [ looks at phone ] Uh-oh! This one doesn't! 9-1-1! [ tries to dial the number, but can't ] Oh, this phone is a prop, it doesn't work! [ drops the phone, becoming woozy ]
That's a shame, because I'm remembering a time when I was a little girl and I.. had a dog named Admiral.. I used to give him liver.. and my mother gave
me a doll.. [ starts tipping from side to side ] Why are you all spinning..? Uh.. I think I'm going to go to sleep now.. bon appetit.. [ falls headfirst
onto the counter, then jumps up one last time ] Save the liver! [ falls back onto the counter and twitches before dying ]

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Subject: Re: Julie and Julia April 30th 2009, 4:11 pm

I thought this was about the movie with Sting..he did one called Julia & Julia. It was very interesting with a lot of sex. I've got to get reading glasses..

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Subject: Re: Julie and Julia April 30th 2009, 4:49 pm

snow wrote:

I thought this was about the movie with Sting..he did one called Julia & Julia. It was very interesting with a lot of sex. I've got to get reading glasses..

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"Lots of sex" I'm there. dancing banana

Subject: Re: Julie and Julia August 18th 2009, 4:48 pm

I went to see Julie and Julia this afternoon. Loved it. Meryl Streep is excellent - she really captures Julia Child’s distinctive speaking voice and her commanding presence and stature. (I liked the food scenes best - I was in hog heaven)

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Subject: Re: Julie and Julia August 18th 2009, 5:00 pm

Cousin_Jake wrote:

I went to see Julie and Julia this afternoon. Loved it. Meryl Streep is excellent - she really captures Julia Child’s distinctive speaking voice and her commanding presence and stature. (I liked the food scenes best - I was in hog heaven)

I went last Thursday with my mother and my daughter. Three generations of Julia Child lovers.
Although I'm really the only cook in the family. Meryl Streep was really great! I loved the Paris scenery too.

Of course I wanted to come straight home and cook... unfortunately, I was too lazy to go to the store.

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Subject: Re: Julie and Julia August 18th 2009, 5:18 pm

I really want to see this movie. I am glad it is good... flower

Subject: Re: Julie and Julia August 18th 2009, 5:25 pm

NancyB (admin) wrote:

I went last Thursday with my mother and my daughter. Three generations of Julia Child lovers.
Although I'm really the only cook in the family. Meryl Streep was really great! I loved the Paris scenery too.

Of course I wanted to come straight home and cook... unfortunately, I was too lazy to go to the store.

Me too ..... I even dug out my "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and I'm going to make something complicated and surprise my DH as soon as this damn humidity goes away. (I'm even going to use .....gasp ...... butter!)

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