| Edition |
[Blu-ray version]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation, AVC @ 21 MBPS; Region A; 5.1 DTS-HD master audio, 5.1 Dolby Digital; 50 GB dual layer. |
| Note |
This Blu-ray will not play in a standard DVD player. |
| Cast |
Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo and Paul Bettany. |
| Credits |
Music by Mark Isham ; edited by Terilyn Shropshire ; director of photography, Rogier Stoffers. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some violence. |
| 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 |
Special features: Commentary with director/screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood, producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Joe Pichirallo, actors Dokata 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 Sectret 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. |
| Language |
English (5.1 DTS-HD master audio) or Spanish (5.1 Dolby Digital) dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Abused teenagers -- Southern States -- Drama.
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Beekeepers -- Southern States -- Drama.
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United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
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African American sisters -- Southern States -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Lassiter, James.
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Pichirallo, Joe.
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Shuler-Donner, Lauren.
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Smith, Will, 1968-
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Prince-Bythewood, Gina.
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Queen Latifah, 1970-
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Fanning, Dakota, 1994-
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Hudson, Jennifer, 1981-
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Keys, Alicia.
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Okonedo, Sophie.
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Bettany, Paul, 1971-
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Kidd, Sue Monk
Secret life of bees.
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Fox Searchlight Pictures.
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Overbrook Entertainment (Firm)
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Donners' Company (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543575887 |
| Music No. |
M2257588 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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