30.7.09

'JULIE & JULIA' OBJECTS DONATED TO NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY


WRITER AND DIRECTOR NORA EPHRON DONATED SEVERAL OBJECTS FROM THE SET OF HER NEW COLUMBIA PICTURES' FILM "JULIE & JULIA" TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WASHINGTON, IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY YESTERDAY. THE NEW FILM IS BASED ON THE TRUE STORIES OF JULIA CHILD AND JULIE POWELL, A WOMAN WHO SPENT A YEAR COOKING HER WAY THROUGH JULIA CHILD'S WELL KNOWN BOOK 'MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING' AND BLOGGING ABOUT IT. JULIA CHILD WAS A PIONEER IN THE CULINARY WORLD FOR BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FRENCH HAUTE CUISINE AND THE AMERICAN TELEVISION AUDIENCE", SAID BRENT D GLASS, DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM, "WE ARE PLEASED TO COLLECT OBJECTS FROM THE FILM THAT DEPICTS CHILD'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN TABLE AND LIFE IN GENERAL." THE OBJECTS WILL BE PRESERVED IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION OF MUSIC, SPORTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY AND INCLUDES A COSTUME THAT MERYL STREEP WORE IN HER LEADING ROLE AS JULIA CHILD, AN ANNOTATED SCRIPT AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON-SET, AMONG OTHER ITEMS. THE COLLECTION TRACKS HOW ENTERTAINMENT REFLECTS AND PROPELS EVERYDAY AMERICAN LIFE, AND THE OBJESTS FROM THE SET WILL ALLOW THE MUSEUM TO SHOW AN IMAGE OF CHILD AS PORTRAYED BY ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST ACTRESSES.
THE MUSEUM PRESERVES AND DISPLAYS JULIA CHILD'S ORIGINAL KITCHEN FROM HER CAMBRIDGE, MASS, HOME. THE 14 BY 20 FOOT KITCHEN WAS THE TESTING SITE FOR HER NUMEROUS RECIPES AND DOUBLED AS THE SET FOR THREE OF HER COOKING SERIES ON PBS. CHILD DONATED THE KITCHEN IN 2001 WHEN SHE DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE GREW UP. CURATORS AND HISTORIC RESTORATION EXPERTS CAREFULLY DISASSEMBLED AND THEN REASSEMBLED THE CABINETS AND APPLIANCES TOGETHER WITH MORE THAN 1,000 UTENSILS AND GADGETS FOR THE MUSEUM'S EXHIBIT "BON APPETIT! JULIA CHILD'S KITCHEN AT THE SMITHSONIAN".

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