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THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN Weekend Friday, December 30, 1994 3 Actor Raul Julia's Legacy Immortalized on Video the film are two stunning performances by Hurt and Julia. As two cellmates incarcerated in a South American jail, their cultures clash. Julia plays the hardened journalist imprisoned for his political writings. Hurt plays the effeminate homosexual. To pass the time Hurt describes classic movies.

At first, Julia is offended by Hurt's flamboyant behavior, but the two soon forge a deep friendship. "The Morning After" Starring Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia. Directed by Sidney Lumet. 1986 (Lorimar Home Video 104 minutes). When Fonda wakes up after a drunken night with a man, she finds the man murdered.

To make mat set out on the reckless ride "Mayhem ensues as the stunts get more and mbreVwild. Proving that typecasting is difficult to overcome, Julia's Latin looks 'got him the part of an Italian playboy who drives his car without a rearview mirror. "Romero" starring Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez, Alejandro Bracho and Harold Gould. Directed by John Duigan. 1989 (Vidmark Entertainment 102 minutes).

Julia gives an understated yet powerful performance as Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered in El Salvador in 1980. Romero put his life in danger and paid the consequences for opposing the government of El Salvador. ters worse, a hung-over Fonda can't remember the previous night, and suddenly she is the prime suspect in the case. Julia plays Fonda's suspicious ex-husband. Bridges is the ex-cop who can help her out.

"The Gumball Rally" starring Michael Sarrazin, Gary Bus-ey, Raul Julia, Nicholas Pryor and Susan Flamiery. Directed by Chuck Bail. 1976 (Warner Home Video 107 minutes). An illegal coast-to-coast car race, from New York to Long Beach, is the setting for this comedy. The prize is a gumball machine, and Sarrazin is determined to win it.

All sorts of exotic cars Ferraris, Porsches and Lamborghinis and Ann Magnuson. Directed by Robert Towne. 1988 (Warner Home Video 116 minutes). Towne, who wrote "Chinatown," delivers another densely rich Los Angeles story. Gibson plays a sometime drug smuggler who falls into a love triangle between his lifelong friend, cop Russell, and the beautiful Pfieffer.

A big shipment of drugs is coming in from Mexico, and Russell wants to bust it wide open and catch drug kingpin Julia. The two friends come into conflict when it appears that Gibson is involved, and Russell has to put his duty ahead of his friendship. "Kiss of the Spider Woman" starring William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga and Jose Lewgoy. Directed by Hector Babenco. 1985 (Charter Entertainment 119 minutes).

Before it became a sell-out Broadway musical, "Kiss of the Spider Woman" was a stunning film adaptation of Manuel Puig's novel. At the core of By Richard Ashton Coply Nws 8rv1o It's hard to believe that such a powerful actor as Raul Julia could be dead at so young an age. The 54-year-old actor died earlier this year of complications following a stroke, but his final theatrical release, "Street Fighter" just arrived in theaters a week ago. Julia's career in the' movies was at last making its shift to leading-man status. Thanks, in good measure, to his charming performance as Gomez Addams in Para-mount's "The Addams Family" and "Addams Family Values," Julia was in the position to leave behind the roles in which he had been typecast the Latin bad guy.

Julia recently appeared as Chico Men-dez in the HBO production "The Burning Season." That film, which is yet to be released on home video, illustrated Julia's political concerns. As in the film "Romero," Julia strived to portray political injustice. He was set to co-star in "The Return of the Mariachi" when he died, and had recently wrapped "Down Came a Blackbird," a Showtime movie. Julia was a versatile actor; he recently took the lead in the Broadway revival of "The Man of La Mancha" and regularly per- 1 long-lost brother, Fester, returns. Huston and Julia are at once romantic and hilarious in their passion for death and each other.

"The Organization" starring Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNairi Sheree North and Raul Julia. Directed by Don Medford. 1971 (MGMUA Home Video 108 minutes). An early supporting role for Julia in the third outing for Poitier as Virgil Tibbs (from "In the Heat of the Mr. Tibbs joins a group of vigilantes who are trying to stop the spread of drugs in their neigh-, borhood.

As Tibbs gets more involved he discovers that the corrupt local police are tied to the drug ring. "Presumed Innocent" starring Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Bonnie Be-delia, Greta Scacchi, Raul Julia and Paul Winfield. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. 1990 (Warner Home Video 127 minutes).

Based on Scott Tu-row's best seller, Ford plays a district attorney who is framed for the murder of his former lover and colleague, Scacchi. Suddenly Ford finds himself shut out by his former colleagues, and alone he has to find out the truth. Julia has a ball playing Ford's attorney (a character that Turow continued in his subsequent novels and might have been a continuing character for Julia had he lived). "Tequila Sunrise" starring Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer, Raul Julia, J.T. Walsh WRATABURGER Get two delicious Whataburgers for 1 just 2.50 with this coupon "The Addams Family," which co-starred Anjelica Huston, is the best remembered of Raul Julia's films.

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