Julie & Julia

DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.

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

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

Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editor, Richard Marks ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; production designer, Mark Ricker ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; executive producers, Scott Rudin, Donald J. Lee, Jr., Dana Stevens.

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; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; anamorphic widescreen (1.85) presentation.

Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, optional English audio description track for the visually impaired, and optional subtitles in English and French; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Golden Globe Awards, 2010: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical (Meryl Streep)