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Sparkle / Tristar Pictures presents in association with Stage 6 Films ; a Debra Martin Chase production ; a T.D. Jakes production ; an Akil Productions production ; directed by Salim Akil ; screenplay by Mara Brock Akil ; story by Joel Schumacher and Howard Rosenman ; produced by Debra Martin Chase ; produced by T.D. Jakes and Curtis Wallace ; produced by Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil.
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- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Sparkle (Motion picture : 2012)
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Korean
- Thai
- Subjects (All):
- Mothers and daughters--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Sisters--Drama.
- Sisters.
- African American singers--Drama.
- African American singers.
- Musicals.
- Genre:
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Musical films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films.
- Musical films.
- Show business films.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English, dubbed French or dubbed Thai dialogue; Chinese, English, French, Korean or Thai subtitles; closed-captioned; audio described.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- digital optical Dolby Digital
- wide screen (2.40:1)
- laser optical NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- In the 1960s, Sparkle and her two sisters form a singing group and dream of becoming stars beyond the affluent Detroit suburb where they come from, and where they are already well-known. But as the sisters become more famous, the close-knit nature of their family begins to fall apart. Features the late Whitney Houston's final screen performance.
- Set in the 1960s, Sparkle and her two sisters form a singing group and dream of becoming stars beyond the affluent Detroit suburb where they come from, and where they are already well-known. But as the sisters become more famous, the close-knit nature of their family begins to fall apart. Features the late Whitney Houston's final screen performance.
- Participant:
- Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Ceelo Green.
- Credits:
- Music composer, Salaam Remi ; executive music consultant, R. Kelly ; director of photography, Anastas Michos ; editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ; choreography, Fatima Robinson.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012.
- Special features: director's commentary; a tribute to Whitney Houston; A dream come true : bringing the story to the big screen.
- Home use only.
- Copy protected.
- ISBN:
- 6314856906
- 9786314856908
- OCLC:
- 812652161
- Publisher Number:
- 043396408104
- 043396411838
- 00043396408104 gtin-14
- 40810 Columbia
- 41183 Columbia
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