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In this adaptation of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel we meet Sethe who is constantly haunted by her past on her journey to find freedom. When an old friend unexpectedly re-enters her life she realises that she may be able to rediscover who she is and regain her lost sense of hope.Product Identifiers
ProducerKate Forte, Gary Goetzman, Jonathan Demme, Oprah Winfrey, Edward Saxon
EAN5017188881739
eBay Product ID (ePID)3946187
Product Key Features
ActorThandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Irma P. Hall, Oprah Winfrey, Albert Hall, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Danny Glover, Beah Richards
Film/TV TitleBeloved
DirectorJonathan Demme
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageCroatian\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\Norwegian\Polish\Swedish
Run Time165 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen
Release Year2001
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
ComposerRachel Portman
Art DirectorTimothy Galvin
Costume DesignerColleen Atwood
Dubbing LanguagesGerman\Spanish
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Director of PhotographyTak Fujimoto
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
CastingHoward Feuer
Production DesignerKristi Zea
Additional InformationJonathan Demme directs this mysterious and potent drama based on Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Years after the Civil War, in Ohio, a former slave named Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives in a small house on some land outside of Cincinnati with her grown daughter, Denver (Kimberly Elise). Sethe is stoic and hardworking, while Denver is restless and has begun to resist her mother's separatist tendencies. Meanwhile, their home is showing signs of some sort of possession that causes it to pitch and rumble. Shortly after the house has become disturbed, the two receive a visit from Paul D. (Danny Glover), a former slave who knew Sethe. Next another young woman, named Beloved (Thandie Newton), arrives out of nowhere. Beloved's odd childlike ways, which include her speaking and walking strangely, are just the beginning of the dark story she forces to the surface after her arrival. Beloved's effect on Sethe and Paul D. forces them to deal with the past while propelling Denver into maturity. The film is full of mysticism while boldly exploring some of the spiritual repercussions of slavery.
ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - ...Grab[s] you by the throat....In a just world, both Newton and Elise would have vied for Best Supporting Actress..., USA Today - ...Expressionistic photography, meticulous editing and one of the year's most memorable scores..., Premiere - ...[Winfrey has] assembled everything perfectly..., New York Times - ...[A] transfixing, deeply felt adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel....Mr. Demme succeeds uncannily well in bringing the novel's pulse to the screen..., Rolling Stone - ...[A] film of shocking immediacy and surpassing tenderness..., Box Office - ...Morrison's wrenching story has been filmed with remarkable skill and restraint...
ScreenwriterAkosua Busia, Adam Brooks, Richard LaGravenese
AuthorToni Morrison
Format DescriptionDVD 9
EditorAndy Keir, Carol Littleton
Movie/TV TitleBeloved