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The secret life of bees / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment/Donners' Company production, a Gina Prince-Bythewood film ; produced by Lauren Shuler Donner ... [and others] ; written for the screen and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
LIBRA DVD 018 491
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret life of bees, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Kidd, Sue Monk--Film adaptations.
- Kidd, Sue Monk.
- Abused teenagers--Southern States--Drama.
- Abused teenagers.
- Beekeepers--Southern States--Drama.
- Beekeepers.
- African American sisters--Southern States--Drama.
- African American sisters.
- Race relations.
- United States--Race relations--Drama.
- United States.
- Southern States.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Theatrical ver. and director's extended cut ; widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround, dual layer, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand-in mother for Lily. When Rosaleen and Lily walk into town they are approached by some white men. Rosaleen insults these racists by standing up for her rights. The angry men give her a beating and she ends up in the hospital. Lily's father rescues Lily but not Rosaleen so Lily talks Rosaleen into running away. They end up in a town that Lily believes her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm, and there Lily finds solace in the mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
- Participant:
- Queen Latifah; Dakota Fanning; Jennifer Hudson; Alicia Keys; Sophie Okonedo; Nate Parker; Paul Bettany.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Rogier Stoffers ; production designer, Warren Alan Young ; edited by Terilyn A. Shropshire ; costume designer, Sandra Hernandez ; music by Mark Isham.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd.
- 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
- Special features: theatrical version; director's extended cut; 8 deleted scenes; "Adaptation: bringing The Secret Life of Bees to the big screen" featurette; "The women and men of The Secret Life of Bees" featurette; "Inside the pink house with Sue Monk Kidd" featurette; "Life on the set" featurette; "The world premiere" featurette; commentary with director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood, producer Lauren Shuler Donner & Joe Pichirallo, and actors Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifa; commentary with director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood and film editor Terilyn Shropshire.
- OCLC:
- 300105781
- Publisher Number:
- 024543556329
- 024543556350
- 22556320 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- 22556321 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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