Julie & Julia
(DVD)

Based on the book "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell and "My life in France" by Julia Child with Alex Prud'Homme.

DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.

Special features: Commentary with writer/director Nora Ephron (optional English subtitled commentary); "Secret ingredients: creating Julie & Julia" featurette.

Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; editor, Richard Marks ; production designer, Mark Ricker.

Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Frances Sternhagen, Helen Carey, Deborah Rush, Joan Juliet Buck, Vanessa Ferlito, Casey Wilson, Jillian Bach.

Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. Julia Child has an amazing love affair with her dashing husband, Paul, all while embracing life and French food. Julie lovingly celebrates the life of one of American food's most influential and beloved figureheads.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language and some sensuality.

CHV rating: PG; coarse language, language may offend.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

In English or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English or French; English audio described; closed captioned.