The secret life of bees
DVD - 2008
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. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
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- Genres
- Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Beverly Hills, Calif. :
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
c2008.
- Language
- English
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Widescreen ed
- Item Description
- Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Includes both theatrical version and director's extended cut.
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 Latifah; commentary with director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood and film editor Terilyn Shropshire. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround, dual layer, NTSC.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some violence.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Rogier Stoffers ; editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ; music, Mark Isham.