Raúl Juliá
Also Known As: Raul Julia
Biography: Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor. His film career peaked in the US in the early 1990s. Born in San Juan, he gained interest in acting while still in school. Upon completing his studies, Juliá decided to pursue a career in acting. After performing in the local scene for some time, he was convinced by entertainment personality Orson Bean to move and work in New York City. Juliá, who had been bilingual since his childhood, soon gained interest in Broadway and "Off Broadway" plays. He performed in mobile projects, including the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre. Juliá was eventually noticed by Joseph Papp, who offered him work in the New York Shakespeare Festival. After gaining notoriety, he received roles in two television series, Love of Life and Sesame Street. For his performance in Two Gentlemen of Verona, he received a nomination for the Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. Between 1974 and 1982, Juliá received Tony Award nominations for Where's Charley?, The Threepenny Opera and Nine. During the 1980s, he worked in several films, receiving nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, for his performance in Tempest, and Kiss of the Spider Woman, winning the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for the latter. In 1991 and 1993, Juliá portrayed "Gomez Addams" in two film adaptations of The Addams Family. In 1994, he filmed The Burning Season and a film adaptation of the Street Fighter video games. Later that year, Juliá suffered several health afflictions, eventually dying after suffering a stroke. His funeral was held in Puerto Rico, being attended by thousands. For his work in The Burning Season, Juliá won a posthumous Golden Globe and Emmy Award.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Birthday: March 09, 1940
Deathday: October 24, 1994
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Frankenstein Unbound
Overview: The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-02
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Tequila Sunrise
Overview: In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.
Genres: Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-02
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Addams Family Values
Overview: Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-19
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The Addams Family
Overview: When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-22
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Presumed Innocent
Overview: Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-27
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
Overview: The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-26
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The Rookie
Overview: Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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Street Fighter
Overview: Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-23
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The Morning After
Overview: Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-25
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The Gumball Rally
Overview: A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know that it's time for the Gumball Rally: a no-holds barred, secret, winner-take-all rally across the USA.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-28
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Moon Over Parador
Overview: Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-09
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Romero
Overview: Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-25
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The Panic in Needle Park
Overview: A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-01
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Eyes of Laura Mars
Overview: A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-02
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One from the Heart
Overview: The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-11
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The Plague
Overview: In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the military close the city, an idealistic doctor decides to stay and help the sick. In the ever-changing circumstances, he puts up a brave fight, being helped by others but also involving them without being able to control the situation.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-08-26
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Strong Medicine
Overview: Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday party, goes to see a doctor, plans a vacation, argues a lot and even breaks the fourth wall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-25
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Tempest
Overview: A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-13
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Mack the Knife
Overview: In the 19th century London, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married. Her family strongly disapproves so her father "the king of thieves" gets the gangster arrested.
Genres: Comedy Crime Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-01
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The Organization
Overview: After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-20
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The Escape Artist
Overview: The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-28
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Florida Straits
Overview: A man who spent 20 years in Cuban prison after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion and a boat captain and his crew go covertly to Cuba to find a cache of gold buried during the invasion. But can they trust each other?
Genres: Action Adventure Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-26
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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Overview: Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-15
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Down Came a Blackbird
Overview: A woman struggles with the death of her lover. He was killed by South-American fascists.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-22
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Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Overview: Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1988-05-01
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Compromising Positions
Overview: An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-30
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Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Overview: A futuristic rebel becomes a Humphrey Bogart character after watching repeated reruns of Casablanca.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-22
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The Burning Season
Overview: Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-17
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Death Scream
Overview: Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to help and refuse to cooperate with the police.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-26
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Disclosure
Overview: An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-19
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The Dream Studio
Overview: A documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's 'One From the Heart'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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La gran fiesta
Overview: In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a US military base. The guests drink, seduce and gossip, but some also plot against each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-12-01
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Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
Overview: An assessment of the first twenty-five years of the Cuban revolution. PBS Special funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and WNET in New York, featuring an interview with Fidel Castro. Narrated by Raul Julia. Filmed on Location in Cuba and Nicaragua. Chicago Film Festival Winner Gold Hugo Award Winner Honorable Mention: San Francisco Film Festival
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-21
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Life of Sin
Overview: The film dramatizes the life of Isabel "la Negra" Luberza Oppenheimer. Pablo, a Caribbean peasant, and Isabel, a politician's mistress, open a brothel that becomes internationally famous. Though they gain wealth and power, the one thing that Isabel seeks continues to elude her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Havana
Overview: During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-11
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The Penitent
Overview: Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is deciding who will be Christ during the possibly dangerous reenactment of the Crucifixion.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-27
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Tango Bar
Overview: A fled Tango show owner returns to Buenos Aires to join his partners after the oppressive government of Argentina has dissolved.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1987-04-23
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Kiss Me, Petruchio
Overview: A documentary about the 1978 stage production of The Taming of the Shrew by the New York City Shakespeare company at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Includes scenes from the production, interviews with Meryl Streep (Kate) and Raul Julia (Petruchio) as well as an introduction by producer Joseph Papp and audience commentary.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-07
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Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Overview: Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico to the creative hotbed of 1960s New York City, to prominence on Broadway and in Hollywood. Filled with passion, determination and joy, Juliá’s brilliant and daring career was tragically cut short by his untimely death at age 54.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Trading Hearts
Overview: A baseball-loving small girl decides to hook up her favorite down-on-his-luck baseball player and her mom, a down-on-her-luck lounge singer. Then her controlling rich granddad tries to force her mother to send the girl to live with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-27
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The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Overview: Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-11
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Stiletto
Overview: A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds that his former employers don't like the idea that someone who knows so much about them won't be under their control anymore, and decide to send their own hitmen to eliminate him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-30
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Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
Overview: Rare documents and details of the film's story. From its initial option to its critical reception and legacy. Director David Weisman, who also produced "Kiss of the Spider Woman", comes off as rightful creative force behind the production, as it was his true passion. Very detailed comments from all the participants, from the author of the book to the lawyer for the production company, the actors, director, writers, producer, and crew members.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-25
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King Lear
Overview: James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-20
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The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Overview: A short documentary on the Francis Ford Coppola musical One From the Heart.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-14
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Overview: Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-11-26
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The Monkey People
Overview: Read by Raul Julia
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-01
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