Beloved
- Publication/Creation:
- Burbank, Calif : Touchstone Home Video, [1999?]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Beloved / Touchstome Pictures ; Harpo Films ; directed by Jonathan Demme ; screenplay by Akosua Busia, Richard Lagravenese and Adam Brooks ; produced by Edward Saxon [and others].
- Related/Included Titles:
- Beloved.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017
Saxon, Edward
Busia, Akosua
LaGravenese, Richard
Brooks, Adam, 1956-
Winfrey, Oprah
Glover, Danny
Newton, Thandiwe, 1972-
Elise, Kimberly, 1971-
Richards, Beah E.
Portman, Rachel
Morrison, Toni. Beloved
Touchstone Pictures
Harpo Films
Touchstone Home Video (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Subjects:
- Morrison, Toni--Film adaptations
Farm life--Ohio--Cincinnati--Drama
African Americans--Ohio--History--19th century--Drama
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Cincinnati Ohio he moves in with her and her daughter Denver, and joins the farm. A strange girl named Beloved, about Denver's age comes along and she also joins the family but casts a mysterious and ghostlike aura over the house. Beloved seems to be the dead infant child of Sethe, who now speaks with a childlike hissing sound, while the house rattles and objects move around. Her presence changes the lives of Seth, Paul D and Denver and their hope for happiness is tainted with her presence.
- Language:
- English
French - Language Note:
- English and French language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English ; closed captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Technical Note:
- DVD.
- General Note:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Aspect ratio, 1.85:1.
Based on the novel by Toni Morrison.
Special features: theatrical trailer; production featurette. - Participant/Performer Note:
- Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beah Richards.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editors, Carol Littleton, Andy Keir ; music, Rachel Portman.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990001806280302486
- ISBN:
- 0788815474
9780788815478 - OCLC Number:
- 43439951
- Other Identifiers:
- Universal Product Code: 717951002365
- Publisher Number:
- 17243 Touchstone Home Video
- Barcode:
- 010000780276
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