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Petulia is a 1968 drama film directed by Richard Lester and starring Julie Christie, George C. Scott and Richard Chamberlain. The screenplay was by Lawrence B. Marcus from a story by Barbara Turner and is based on the 1966 novel Me and the Arch Kook Petulia by John Haase. It was scored by John Barry.
- $1.6 million (US/Canada)
- John Barry
- Don Devlin, Denis O'Dell, Raymond Wagner
Petulia is a film about a socialite who has an affair with a divorced doctor in San Francisco during the psychedelic rock era. The film features Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, and Richard Lester as director and stars Julie Christie, George C. Scott, and Richard Chamberlain.
- (3.3K)
- Drama, Romance
- Richard Lester
- 1968-06-10
Petulia is a 1968 drama directed by Richard Lester, starring Julie Christie and George C. Scott. Roger Ebert praises its intellectual and abstract vision of American society, but finds it lifeless, heartless and repellent.
Dr. Archie Bollen (George C. Scott) is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife (Shirley Knight) and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia...
- (72)
- Richard Lester
- R
- Julie Christie
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A divorced doctor (George C. Scott) has an affair with a young wife (Julie Christie) hiding a dark secret in Petulia (1968). Based on the novel Me and the Arch Kook Petulia by John Haase (New York, 1966).
Synopsis. Set during the swinging sixties in San Francisco, Richard Lester's landmark romantic drama tells of the charmingly kooky socialite Petulia (Julie Christie), who has been recently married to David (Richard Chamberlain).
