Steel magnolias / Tri-Star Pictures presents a Rastar production ; screenplay by Robert Harling based on his play ; produced by Ray Stark ; directed by Herbert Ross.

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"Six divas of the silver screen - Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts - come together as bosom buddies in this hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana Parish. At the center of the group is Shelby Eatenton...

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Uniform Title:Steel magnolias (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Tri-Star Pictures (Presenter)
Rastar Productions, Inc (Production company)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Harling, Robert, 1951- (Screenwriter)
Stark, Ray (Film producer)
Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001 (Film director)
Field, Sally (Actor)
Parton, Dolly (Actor)
Roberts, Julia, 1967- (Actor)
Hannah, Daryl (Actor)
Dukakis, Olympia (Actor)
MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- (Actor)
Skerritt, Tom (Actor)
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017 (Actor)
McDermott, Dylan (Actor)
O'Connor, Kevin J., 1964- (Actor)
Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001 (director of photography.)
Hirsch, Paul (Editor of moving image work)
Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992 (composer (expression))
Language:English
Portuguese
Spanish
Chinese
Korean
Thai
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai. Closed-captioned.
Published: Culver City, Calif : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2000, ©1989.
Edition:Special edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Diabetics > Drama.
Mothers and daughters > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
Harling, Robert, > 1951- > Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Harling, Robert, > 1951-
Diabetics.
Friendship.
Mothers and daughters.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"Six divas of the silver screen - Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts - come together as bosom buddies in this hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana Parish. At the center of the group is Shelby Eatenton (Roberts), newly married and joyfully pregnant, despite the fact that her diabetes could make childbirth life-threatening. Terrified and angry at the possibility of losing her only daughter, M'Lynn Eatenton (Field) looks to her four closest friends for strength and laughter as she battles her deepest fears of death in order to join Shelby in celebrating the miracle of new life"--Container.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989.
Special features: Director's commentary, deleted scenes, exclusive featurette, isolated music score, trailers, talent files, production notes.
Scene selection list inserted in container.
Call Number:AF9 D0001840 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.
ISBN:0767848896
9780767848893
Credits:Director of photography, John A. Alonzo; editor, Paul Hirsch; music, George Delerue.
System Details:DVD format ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital ; widescreen, aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Cast:
Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Tom Skerritt, Sam Shepard, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor.