Beloved Movie

Beloved
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Run Time: 180 min
MPAA Rating: R
Released: 1998
Directors: Jonathan Demme
Genre/Type: Drama
Period Film
Psychological Drama
Family Drama
Producers: Oprah Winfrey
Jonathan Demme
Gary Goetzman
Edward Saxon
Kate Forte
Plot Synopsis by Bhob Stewart
Jonathan Demme directed this adaptation of Toni Morrison's fact-based fifth novel (winner of a 1988 Pulitzer Prize), written in an experimental stream-of-consciousness flow and capturing the impact and aftermath of slavery on the human soul. In 1873, middle-aged Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives near Cincinnati with her teenage daughter, Denver (Kimberly Elise). She gets a surprise visit from her old friend Paul D (Danny Glover), whom she knew when they were both slaves on the Kentucky plantation Sweet Home. Paul D moves in, and a number of mysteries are introduced, including Sethe's memories of her dead older daughter and the fact that Sethe has been abandoned by her husband, two sons, and Denver's grandmother, Baby Suggs (Beah Richards). When a feral, insect-covered, stuttering teenager (Thandie Newton) turns up at Sethe's house, she is nursed back to health by Denver and called "Beloved." Violent flashbacks begin to explore shocking episodes from Sethe's past. (The film is rated R "for violent images, sexuality and nudity.") Hints of the supernatural surface as the question arises -- could Beloved be Sethe's older daughter, back from the dead? This film was a pet project of producer-star Oprah Winfrey, who spent over a decade bringing this work to the screen after she bought the film rights in 1987. With titles fashioned by leading poster/titles designer Pablo Ferro and music by Rachel Portman, director Demme filmed in a variety of locations, including Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Civic Center, Lancaster's Landis Valley Museum), Maryland (Fair Hill Natural Resources Area), and Delaware (Old New Castle).

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Sethe succeeded in killing her 2 year-old daughter by slitting her throat and would have also killed her infant daughter, Denver.
If you're reffering to the novel Beloved, on which a movie with the same title was based starring Oprah Winfrey, it was written by Toni Morrison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beloved_(novel)
One of the worst and most overhyped movies ever made, aside from Gigli. supposedly it is based on a real-life story of a runaway slave, but the only true parts of the movie were scenes where she escaped from her master and the scene where s...

Cast

Actors Character Born
Oprah Winfrey Sethe Jan 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, MS
Danny Glover Paul D Jul 22, 1947 in San Francisco, CA
Thandie Newton Beloved
Kimberly Elise Denver Apr 17, 1967 in Minneapolis, MN
Beah Richards Baby Suggs Jul 12, 1920 in Vicksburg, MS
Lisa Gay Hamilton Younger Sethe Mar 25, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA
Albert Hall Stamp Paid Nov 10, 1937 in Boothton, AL
Irma P. Hall Ella Jun 3, 1935 in Beaumont, TX
Carol Jean Lewis Janey Wagon
Kessia Kordelle Amy Denver
Jude Ciccolella Schoolteacher
Anthony Chisholm Langhorne
Dorothy Love Coates M. Lucille Williams
Jane White Lady Jones
Jason Robards, Jr. Mr. Bodwin Jul 26, 1922 in Chicago, IL
Wes Bentley

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