Julian Po

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A man brings new life to a small town by announcing that he's killing himself in this low-key comedy-drama that marked a significant change of pace for star Christian Slater. Julian Po Slater is a quiet, unassuming bookkeeper -- so quiet and unassuming, in fact, that most people hardly notice that he exists, as his life quietly slips by. Julian has few friends and little to look forward to in life, so one day he decides to commit suicide. One of his few ambitions in life has been to see the ocean, so Julian plans...
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A man brings new life to a small town by announcing that he's killing himself in this low-key comedy-drama that marked a significant change of pace for star Christian Slater. Julian Po Slater is a quiet, unassuming bookkeeper -- so quiet and unassuming, in fact, that most people hardly notice that he exists, as his life quietly slips by. Julian has few friends and little to look forward to in life, so one day he decides to commit suicide. One of his few ambitions in life has been to see the ocean, so Julian plans to take one final vacation in which he'll visit the seashore before doing himself in. En route to the coast, Julian's car breaks down in a small town so obscure that the name isn't even posted at the city limits. Julian's plan is to spend the night, get the car fixed, and move on, so he stops to get a room at Vern's Boarding House, where Vern himself Michael Parks informs Julian that he almost never has guests. In fact, the town gets so few visitors that most of the locals view Julian with tremendous suspicion, especially the Mayor Harve Presnell and the Sheriff Frankie R. Faison. After his car disappears, Julian decides to tell everyone, while eating at the only diner in town, that he means them no harm and has not come to cause any trouble -- he's merely decided to go somewhere to kill himself. Suddenly, everyone's attitude towards him changes; at once expressing admiration for his determination and concern for his well-being, the whole town tries to leap to his rescue, and as they gently try to convince Julian to go on living, they gain a new lease on life -- especially Sarah Robin Tunney, a beautiful but lonely woman who has fallen in love with the quiet stranger. Julian Po was the first feature film for writer and director Alan Wade; it was also released as The Tears of Julian Po.
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A strange little parable seen by almost no one, Julian Po has an accomplished enough cast to have gotten noticed, except that it doesn't have anything to say nor style to say it with. In fact, it's such a quiet little comment on the human condition that it seems to exist outside of time or place. The strange behavior of the meddling townspeople is supposed to add enough comedy to leaven the suicidal subtext, but it plays as patently false, a spectrum of self-consciously provincial attitudes for their own sake. Writer/director Alan Wade renders things in broad strokes, without concern for realism. That Po is followed around all day by a pack of children -- who practically step on his heels, waiting to see when he will kill himself -- is a typical example of Wade's symbolic heavy-handedness. When the adult townspeople follow their lead, which could be excused as tactlessness in youths, such that Po walks around on his aimless missions like the head of a comet, trailing gawkers, things cross from stiff to downright stagy. What we have here is a lesson-heavy allegory, not a narrative film. Wade deserves some credit for undercutting his simplistic approach with moral gray areas and untidy resolutions. These characteristics, however, barely save it from becoming an exercise in tedium.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/19/2005
  • UPC: 794043803727
  • Original Release: 1997

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  • Source: New Line Home Video
  • Region Code: 1
  • Time: 1:30:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Christian Slater Julian Po
Robin Tunney Sarah
Michael Parks Vern
Cherry Jones Lucy
Frankie R. Faison Sheriff
Harve Presnell Mayor
Allison Janney Lilah
La Tanya Richardson
Dina Spybey
Bruce Bohne
Roy Cooper
Zeljko Ivanek
Io Tillett Wright
Technical Credits
Alan Wade Director, Screenwriter
Scott Breindel Sound/Sound Designer
Jon Glascoe Producer
Susan Goulder Set Decoration/Design
Bernd Heinl Cinematographer
Stephen McCabe Production Designer
Allan Mindel Executive Producer
Joseph Pierson Producer
Juliet A. Polcsa Costumes/Costume Designer
Denise Shaw Executive Producer
Todd Thaler Casting
Patrick Williams Score Composer
Jeffery Wolf Editor
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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. A Trip to the Sea [4:39]
2. Bad Feelings [6:26]
3. "Who Are You?" [4:40]
4. Intervention [4:47]
5. Feeling Bad [6:17]
6. Sarah [3:24]
7. "No Ordinary Man" [4:47]
8. Lucy [3:57]
9. Very Happy [3:16]
10. Help [5:40]
11. Hunting [2:09]
12. Heaven and Hell [4:45]
13. "A Little Privacy" [3:54]
14. Love [4:06]
15. Work of Art [5:16]
16. Gone First [3:02]
17. A Deal [4:24]
18. "Time to Go" [2:15]
19. End Credits [5:49]
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Menu

Side #1 --
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   Set Up Options
      5.1 Surround Sound
      DTS Surround Sound
      Stereo Surround
      Subtitles: English
      Subtitles: Spanish
      Subtitles: None
   Select a Scene
   More From New Line
   DVD-ROM/Online Features
   New Line Logo (DVD Credits)
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