The Secret life of bees / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents 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.

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Fourteen year old Lily Owens flees her cruel, angry father with her caregiver and friend, Rosaleen to a South Carolina town where she is taken in by the bee-keeping Boatwright sisters.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment (Firm), Donners' Company (Firm), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Shuler-Donner, Lauren, Prince-Bythewood, Gina, Queen Latifah, 1970-, Fanning, Dakota, 1994-, Hudson, Jennifer, 1981-, Keys, Alicia, Okonedo, Sophie, Bettany, Paul, 1971-, Isham, Mark, Shropshire, Terilyn A., Stoffers, Paul, Kidd, Sue Monk
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or Spanish ; subtitles in English, Spanish or French ; closed captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2008.
Edition:[Blu-ray widescreen version].
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Abused teenagers > Southern States > Drama.
Beekeepers > Southern States > Drama.
African American sisters > Southern States > Drama.
United States > Race relations > Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Local Note:
MSU: This video was selected in recognition of MSU Libraries Student Employee, Erin O'Connell, Class of 2011.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Description
Summary:
Fourteen year old Lily Owens flees her cruel, angry father with her caregiver and friend, Rosaleen to a South Carolina town where she is taken in by the bee-keeping Boatwright sisters.
Note:Blu-ray ; High Definition.
Title from disc.
Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008 ; 2008 DVD release.
Special features include: commentary with director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood, producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Joe Pichirallo, actors Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah ; commentary with director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood and film editor, Terilyn Shropshire ; 8 deleted scenes ; adaptation: bringing The Secret Life of Bees to the screen featurette ; the women and men of The Secret Life of Bees featurette ; Inside the Pink House with Sue Monk Kidd featurette ; Beekeeping 101 featurette ; life on the set featurette ; the World Premiere featurette.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CT9 D0103531 Blu-ray Video
PS3611.I44 S38 2008 Blu-ray Video
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Credits:Music by Mark Isham ; edited by Terilyn Shropshire ; director of photography, Rogier Stoffers.
System Details:Blu-ray DVD ; 5.1 DTS-HD master audio ; 5.1 Dolby Digital ; 50 GB dual layer ; this Blu-ray disc will not play in a standard DVD player.
Cast:
Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo and Paul Bettany.