Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Who Is Julia? (1986)
A strikingly beautiful and wealthy woman is hit by a truck and is all smashed up and nearly killed. At nearly the same time, a very plain looking lower middle class woman simply faints and suffers brain death. The beautiful womans brain is fine, so, doctors merely transplant her brain into plain Jane. Problems ensue when plain Janes husband continues to believe she is still his wife. She has no memory of him, and goes to live with the beautiful womans husband. She doesn't mix well with her new socialite friends and family. Mirrors are emotional battlefields as well.
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A strikingly beautiful and wealthy woman is hit by a truck and is all smashed up and nearly killed. At nearly the same time, a very plain looking lower middle class woman simply faints and suffers brain death. The beautiful womans brain is fine, so, doctors merely transplant her brain into plain Jane. Problems ensue when plain Janes husband continues to believe she is still his wife. She has no memory of him, and goes to live with the beautiful womans husband. She doesn't mix well with her new socialite friends and family. Mirrors are emotional battlefields as well.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Written By:James Steven Sadwith
In Theaters:10/26/1986
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Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:CBS Broadcast International, CBS Entertainment Productions
Cast
Walter Grauman
Director
Mare Winningham
Mary Frances Bodine
Jameson Parker
Don North
Jeffrey DeMunn
Dr. David Matthews
Jonathan Banks
Jack Bodine
Bert Remsen
Joseph Dineen
Mason Adams
Dr. Gordon
James Handy
Bob Greenmeyer
Philip Baker Hall
Dean May
Tracy Brooks Swope
Loni
Judith Ledford
Julia North
Ford Rainey
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