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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. When Rosaleen and Lily walk into town they are approached by some white men. Rosaleen insults these racists by standing up for...

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Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment (Firm), Donners' Company (Firm), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Shuler-Donner, Lauren, Prince-Bythewood, Gina, Queen Latifah, 1970-, Fanning, Dakota, 1994-, Hudson, Jennifer, 1981-, Keys, Alicia, Okonedo, Sophie, Parker, Nate, 1979-, Bettany, Paul, 1971-, Kidd, Sue Monk
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Subjects:
Abused teenagers > Southern States > Drama.
Beekeepers > Southern States > Drama.
United States > Race relations > Drama.
African American sisters > Southern States > Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Summary: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. When Rosaleen and Lily walk into town they are approached by some white men. Rosaleen insults these racists by standing up for her rights. The angry men give her a beating and she ends up in the hospital. Lily's father rescues Lily but not Rosaleen so Lily talks Rosaleen into running away. They end up in a town that Lily believes her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm, and there Lily finds solace in the mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
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.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; 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 ; production designer, Warren Alan Young ; edited by Terilyn A. Shropshire ; costume designer, Sandra Hernandez ; music by Mark Isham.