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The Resource The secret life of bees., Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment and Donners' Company production ; produced by James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith ; screenplay by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

The secret life of bees., Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment and Donners' Company production ; produced by James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith ; screenplay by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

Label
The secret life of bees.
Title
The secret life of bees.
Statement of responsibility
Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment and Donners' Company production ; produced by James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith ; screenplay by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
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 Lilly. 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. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping
Cataloging source
BKX
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Rogier Stoffers ; editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ; music, Mark Isham
Dewey number
  • [Fic]
  • 813/.6
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some violence
Language note
  • English or Spanish dialogue; English, French, or Spanish subtitles
  • Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1968-
  • 1970-
  • 1994-
  • 1981-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Lassiter, James
  • Leslie, Ewan
  • Pichirallo, Joe
  • Shuler-Donner, Lauren
  • Smith, Will
  • Prince-Bythewood, Gina
  • Queen Latifah
  • Fanning, Dakota
  • Hudson, Jennifer
  • Keys, Alicia
  • Okonedo, Sophie
  • Kidd, Sue Monk
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • Overbrook Entertainment (Firm)
  • Donners' Company (Firm)
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Runtime
110
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Abused teenagers
  • Beekeepers
  • African American sisters
  • Niños maltratados
  • Abejas
  • United States
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The secret life of bees., Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment and Donners' Company production ; produced by James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith ; screenplay by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • 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
  • Includes theatrical version, director's extended cut, deleted scenes, featurettes, and commentaries
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1158962
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
024543556329
Other physical details
sound, color
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1158962
  • (OCoLC)300105781
System details
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English; Dolby digital surround in Spanish; region 1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The secret life of bees., Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment and Donners' Company production ; produced by James Lassiter, Ewan Leslie, Joe Pichirallo, Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith ; screenplay by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • 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
  • Includes theatrical version, director's extended cut, deleted scenes, featurettes, and commentaries
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1158962
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
024543556329
Other physical details
sound, color
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1158962
  • (OCoLC)300105781
System details
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English; Dolby digital surround in Spanish; region 1
Video recording format
DVD

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