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Beloved (US Version) DVD Region 1

Meryl Johnson (Actor) | Glover Danny (Director, Actor) | Oprah Winfrey (Actor) | Jonathan Demme (Producer, Director, Actor)
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Beloved (US Version)

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Oprah Winfrey collaborated with director Jonathan Demme (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) for this African American ghost story, set in 1870s Ohio. Demme adapted it from Toni Morrison's Pulitzer-winning book. Former slave Sethe (Winfrey) lives with her daughter Denver (Kimberly Elise) in a house haunted by the malignant spirit of Sethe's long-dead infant. Sethe is also haunted by memories of her life of slavery at Sweet Home, the Kentucky plantation where she was raised. Enter Paul D. (Danny Glover), a fellow slave from Sweet Home, who stays at the house to start a new life with Sethe and Denver. Unfortunately their plans for happiness are foiled with the unexpected arrival of Beloved (Thandie Newton), a mysterious woman that may be the physical manifestation of Sethe's dead child. Horrifying secrets are revealed leading to a shattering climax. Exquisite cinematography by Tak Fujimoto gives the film its stark beauty, and the performances are all splendid, particularly Winfrey's, and Newton's as the strange, hissing girl-child. Evocative recreations of the time, and disturbing flashbacks to the terrors of Sweet Home are interwoven to create a harrowing, vivid portrait of a life of freedom still haunted by ghosts of America's shameful past.

"...[A] film of shocking immediacy and surpassing tenderness..." - Peter, Travers (Rolling Stone Critic), Rolling Stone, 10/29/1998

"...Grab[s] you by the throat....In a just world, both Newton and Elise would have vied for Best Supporting Actress..." - Mike, D'Angelo (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 04/16/1999

"...Expressionistic photography, meticulous editing and one of the year's most memorable scores..." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 10/16/1998

"...[Winfrey has] assembled everything perfectly..." - Glenn, Kenny (Premiere/Entertainment Weekly Critic), Premiere, 10/01/1998

"...[A] transfixing, deeply felt adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel....Mr. Demme succeeds uncannily well in bringing the novel's pulse to the screen..." - Janet, Maslin (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 10/16/1998

"...Morrison's wrenching story has been filmed with remarkable skill and restraint..." - L.J., Strom (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 12/01/1998

"...Newton hits the right unnerving notes with her work here....Her Beloved is a truly disconcerting, unfathomable presence....It gives the film the critical sense of unease the book has..." - Kenneth, Turan (Los Angeles Times Critic), Los Angeles Times, 10/16/1998

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Product Title: Beloved (US Version) Beloved (US Version) Beloved (US Version) Beloved (US Version) Beloved (US Version)
Artist Name(s): Meryl Johnson (Actor) | Glover Danny (Actor) | Oprah Winfrey (Actor) | Jonathan Demme (Actor) | John Carter (Actor) | Thandie Newton (Actor) | Lisa Gay Hamilton (Actor) | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson (Actor) | Fred Coe | Kimberly Elise (Actor) | Albert Hall (Actor) Meryl Johnson (Actor) | 丹尼高佛 (Actor) | Oprah Winfrey (Actor) | Jonathan Demme (Actor) | John Carter (Actor) | 丹迪紐頓 (Actor) | Lisa Gay Hamilton (Actor) | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson (Actor) | Fred Coe | Kimberly Elise (Actor) | Albert Hall (Actor) Meryl Johnson (Actor) | 丹尼高佛 (Actor) | Oprah Winfrey (Actor) | Jonathan Demme (Actor) | John Carter (Actor) | 丹迪纽顿 (Actor) | Lisa Gay Hamilton (Actor) | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson (Actor) | Fred Coe | Kimberly Elise (Actor) | Albert Hall (Actor) Meryl Johnson (Actor) | ダニー・グローバー (Actor) | Oprah Winfrey (Actor) | ジョナサン・デミ (Actor) | John Carter (Actor) | タンディ・ニュートン (Actor) | Lisa Gay Hamilton (Actor) | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson (Actor) | Fred Coe | Kimberly Elise (Actor) | Albert Hall (Actor) Meryl Johnson (Actor) | Glover Danny (Actor) | Oprah Winfrey (Actor) | Jonathan Demme (Actor) | John Carter (Actor) | Thandie Newton (Actor) | Lisa Gay Hamilton (Actor) | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson (Actor) | Fred Coe | Kimberly Elise (Actor) | Albert Hall (Actor)
Director: Glover Danny | Jonathan Demme 丹尼高佛 | Jonathan Demme 丹尼高佛 | Jonathan Demme ダニー・グローバー | ジョナサン・デミ Glover Danny | Jonathan Demme
Producer: Jonathan Demme | John Carter | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson | Kate Forte Jonathan Demme | John Carter | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson | Kate Forte Jonathan Demme | John Carter | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson | Kate Forte ジョナサン・デミ | John Carter | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson | Kate Forte Jonathan Demme | John Carter | Rachel Portman | Trey Wilson | Kate Forte
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Release Date: 1999-05-18
UPC Code: 717951002365
Language: English, French
Country of Origin: United States
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio: Letterboxed
Color Information: Color
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating: R (MPAA)
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Package Weight: 113 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004355581

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Director: Jonathan Demme

DVD Features:

Region 1 Encoding
Keep case
Production Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Chapter Search

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