The secret life of bees / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; written for the screen and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; produced by Lauren Shuler Donner [and others] ; an Overbrook Entertainment/Donners' Company production, a Gina Prince-Bythewood film.
Publisher number: 22556320 | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment22556321 | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment2302256 | 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentPublication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2008.Edition: Theatrical ver. and director's extended cutDescription: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9786312696049
- 6312696049
- Secret life of bees (Motion picture). Spanish & English.
- 791.43/72 22
- PN1997.2 .S45 2008
- Director of photography, Rogier Stoffers ; production designer, Warren Alan Young ; edited by Terilyn A. Shropshire ; costume designer, Sandra Hernandez ; music by Mark Isham.
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DVD | Main Library DVD | DVD S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 31744004082661 |
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; dual layer disc.
English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Queen Latifah (August Boatwright); Dakota Fanning (Lily Owens); Jennifer Hudson (Rosaleen); Alicia Keys (June Boatwright); Sophie Okonedo (May Boatwright); Nate Parker; Paul Bettany (T. Ray Owens), Tristan Wilds, Hilarie Burton.
Director of photography, Rogier Stoffers ; production designer, Warren Alan Young ; edited by Terilyn A. Shropshire ; costume designer, Sandra Hernandez ; music by Mark Isham.
To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father T-Ray, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
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.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some violence.
Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.