Julian Po (1997)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Alan Wade

Writers:

Branimir Scepanovic (book)
Alan Wade (written by)

Release Date:

5 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good...

Plot Keywords:

Alcohol | Mayor | Minister | Sheriff | Stranger

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Christian Slater	...	Julian Po
Robin Tunney	...	Sarah
Michael Parks	...	Vern
Cherry Jones	...	Lucy
Frankie Faison	...	Sheriff Leon
Harve Presnell	...	Mayor Henry Leech
Allison Janney	...	Lilah Leech
LaTanya Richardson	...	Darlene (as Latanya Richardson)
Dina Spybey	...	Dee
Bruce Bohne	...	Pastor Bean
Roy Cooper	...	Tobias the Barber
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Tom Potter
Ellen McElduff	...	Reva
Io Tillett Wright	...	Walter
Jeremy Jordan	...	Bobby

Also Known As:

The Tears of Julian Po

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements related to suicide, and for language and some sensuality.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M | Germany:12 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Fleischmanns, New York, USA

Company:

Cypress Films (I)

Quotes:

Sarah: I had a dream about you... That's why I'm here. I dreamed... I dreamed that I saw you in a field and the field became my bedroom and you were standing by my bed holding a big knife and suddenly you stabbed yourself with it and I woke up and I knew you were the man I'd been waiting for my whole life.

Movie Connections:

Version of Smrt gospodina Goluze (1982)

Soundtrack:

How to Fly

strange attractors

This is the kind of film you can only sit through after midnight whilst flicking incoherently through the channels. That is how i came upon such a strange film, one which i could not stop watching, despite the efforts of the oncoming dawn light telling me to.

Slater plays his role very well as the confused outsider, a role that the audience can only find themselves joining him in, and Tunney's performance as the attractive girl who wants to run away from home is also well performed. All in all, this is a good film to sit through only if you are in an open minded mood, if you are feeling at all skeptical, leave it on the shelf.