| | Petulia DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Thriller Videos, Suspense, Romance, 1960s, Infidelity | | Starring | George C. Scott, Julie Christie, Joseph Cotten, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Pippa Scott, Kathleen Widdoes | | Director | Richard Lester | | Cinematographer | Nicolas Roeg | | Composer | John Barry | | Editor | Antony Gibbs | | Producer | Raymond Wagner | | Production Designer | Dean Tavoularis | | Screenwriter | Barbara Turner, Larry Marcus |
Set in summer-of-love-era San Francisco, Julie Christie plays a unhappily married socialite trying to get through to a recently divorced doctor (George C. Scott), who in his own words just wants to "feel something." He'll soon feel, even hurt, a lot. Because we know why kooky Petulia so desperately reaches out. As Lester zigzags through the flashbacks and flash-forwards of cinematographer Nicolas Roeg's startling images and Lawrence B. Marcus' knowing screenplay, Petulia's jigsaw pieces form a celluloid time capsule of life and love in the turbulent '60s. Director: Richard Lester. A film very much of its time -- the swinging '60s -- "Petulia" is also a timeless study of romantic relationships in a consumer society. It is filmed in a fragmented, jumpy style, that is nonetheless powerful and effective.
A prominent San Francisco surgeon's life is turned upside down when he falls in love with an eccentric young woman caught in an unhappy marriage with a sadistic man. Can this odd couple's love transcend the conventions of their upper-class world?
Shot in Technicolor on location in San Francisco, California.
Official United States entry for the 1968 Cannes Film Festival.
Produced by director Richard Lester's Petersham Films. Petulia | List Price | $19.97 (You save $4.52) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1968 | | All Time Sales Rank |  25457  | | CD Universe Part number | 7049841 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 20, 2006 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Movie Details | Color |
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"It's a very real film about two people trying to get through to each other," director Richard Lester (A Hard Day's Night) says of his landmark romance Petulia, set in summer-of-love-era San Francisco.
There Julie Christie plays a unhappily married socialite trying to get through to a recently divorced doctor (George C. Scott), who in his own words just wants to "feel something." He'll soon feel, even hurt, a lot. Because we know why kooky Petulia so desperately reaches out. As Lester zigzags through the flashbacks and flash-forwards of cinematographer Nicolas Roeg's startling images and Lawrence B. Marcus' knowing screenplay, Petulia's jigsaw pieces form a celluloid time capsule of life and love in the turbulent '60s.
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