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Beloved

Oprah Winfrey (Actor), Danny Glover (Actor), Jonathan Demme (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Drama
Format	Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Letterboxed, Widescreen
Contributor	Carol Jean Lewis, Kessia Kordelle, Thandie Newton, Jane White, Jude Ciccolella, Kimberly Elise, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Danny Glover, Dorothy Love Coates, Irma P. Hall, Jonathan Demme, Screenplay By Akosua Busia And Richard LaGravenese, Oprah Winfrey, Anthony Chisholm, Albert Hall, Beah Richards See more
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Runtime	2 hours and 51 minutes

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Oprah Winfrey (THE COLOR PURPLE) and Danny Glover (LETHAL WEAPON IV, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS) play the unforgettable lead roles in a powerful, widely acclaimed cinematic triumph from Jonathan Demme -- the Academy Award(R)-winning director of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. On a difficult journey to find freedom, Sethe (Winfrey) is constantly confronted by the secrets that have haunted her for years. Then, an old friend from out of her past (Glover) unexpectedly reenters her life. With his help, Sethe may finally be able to rediscover who she is and regain her lost sense of hope. Also featuring outstanding performances from Thandie Newton (GRIDLOCK'D) and Lisa Gay Hamilton (TV's THE PRACTICE) -- you'll agree with critics everywhere who've hailed this landmark adaptation of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as one of the year's finest films!

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 2.56 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ WD01724300DVD
Director ‏ : ‎ Jonathan Demme
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Letterboxed, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 51 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ May 18, 1999
Actors ‏ : ‎ Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Dorothy Love Coates, Thandie Newton, Jude Ciccolella
Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified, French, English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0788815474
Writers ‏ : ‎ Screenplay By Akosua Busia And Richard LaGravenese
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Keta

Classic

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024

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Old movie but classic

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ashleyivnes

Nice spin to the Color Purple

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024

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If you like the color purple you will like this

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Jeffery Mingo

Don't let box office failure trick you.

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2004

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I was so disappointed that my copy of "Beloved" did not mention winning any film awards. I think this movie is one of the most underappreciated works of cinema. It should be deemed a major contribution to women's films and black films. I cried watching the film just because so much of it stirred my emotions.

Critics have said that viewers could not relate to the Beloved character. I usually do not care for Thandie Newton. She's usually just a pretty face in damsel-in-distress roles. However, she really pushed the envelope with this role. It took a lot of strength to play a ghostly woman-baby. It takes tremendous ability to perform the googly-eyed, infantil manners that she makes. In the theater, I screamed twice, once at her entrance and once toward her exit. Additionally, I think Beloved the character may have been a metaphor for us African Americans. She wanted to know about her past. She wanted to know why she was separated from her family. She was one of a kind and shrouded in controversy.

Others have said that the movie did not focus enough upon slavery as the book did. I am quite sure that if more of the horrors of slavery were shown, then people of all races, but especially non-African-Americans, would be scared off and make illogical claims about "playing the race card." This movie does a fantastic job in showing the catch-22 placed upon 19th-century Black American women. It shows how even working-class communities can punish their own members for not enacting middle-class values. Further, if the viewer looks carefully the racism of the time is continuously hinted at throughout the film.

Oprah plays well against her persona. She's the only African-American female billionaire, yet she's playing a poor ex-slave. She is usually seen in glamourous outfits, yet here she and the other characters wear no makeup. On her show, she's portrayed as in control of the world. In this film, her mental state is shattered and even her body can't control itself. Oprah is not a mother, yet she does a wonderful job in showing a mother's unending love for her daughters. I love all of Kimberly Elise's films, Set It Off, Bojangles, you name it. This actress has the Midas touch and this film is one more example of that.

This film, despite the computer graphics, showed the beauty of Midwestern flora and fauna. The actresses wore rich indigo dress and ornate hairstyles. This was a strong period piece. The script is filled with rich dialogue. "Your love is too thick, Sethe." "Love is or it isn't. Thin love ain't no love at all." "She my best thing." "No, you're your best thing." "Sometimes I think she was my sister and sometimes I know she was."

"Beloved" is becoming one of the most read texts in American English classes. I think this film will help students understand a rigorous author like Morrison. However, because this movie only shows a slice of the book, students will still have to do their reading and not just rely on the film.

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Annie C. Martin

Movie Night

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2023

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Every night is MOVIE NIGHT at home:)

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Craig

Movie is better than the book

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2022

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When I read the book in college, I thought it was slow and pretentious. I understood what the author was trying to do. She was combining a historical novel about the effects of slavery with fantasy/horror elements based on slave folklore. It was a weird mix of tones, and it just didn't work for me.

I had a much different reaction when I watched the film a quarter century later. Maybe it's because my tastes have changed. Maybe it's because I've read a lot of fantasy and horror in the intervening years, mostly genre fiction but also some of its literary kin "magical realism". For whatever reason, I thought the story worked perfectly. The film was helped by superb supporting performances from Danny Glover and Thandiwe Newton. Oprah Winfrey was adequate in the starring role, but she doesn't do crazy as well as she does motherly anguish.

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Krista Cubicleblindness

Good movie

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2023

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I’ve watched this several times I feel like it was so well done. I hate the opening scene when the dog gets hurt but would recommend it to those that like somewhat disturbing films (the book to)

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GhostDeep

Working on a Deeper Level

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2000

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It's really too bad that this movie isn't appreciated more. Many were off-put it seems by its brutality, darkness and ghost-story feel. It blows my mind that so many critics dropped the ball on this one. I've never read Toni Morrison's celebrated novel, but I could immediately tell from the first few scenes that the film was rather faithful. It has detail and intensity, and a depth that is characteristic of great literature. From the first ghost scene with the dog I was immediately enthralled and curious as to what this story was about and what it was trying to say, and just as importantly, how it was saying it. This story works on a deeper level. Morrison's use of ghosts to reflect internal workings is terribly inventive and interesting. The ghosts and stuff, starkly beautiful and strange, captured through Demme's powerful eye, do not need to be read as real or not real. Sure, they have a power of themselves over the viewer, which Demme does wonderfully. But, my point is, this is based on a book, and the ghosts more than anything are metaphors which paint and convey the internal pain and suffering of the truth. This film wonderfully shows us that somethng like slavery and rape can't just be forgotten or healed easily or quickly. These horrors, true horrors, persist through time and space, they are ghosts that move through history. And the more we suppress them the more powerful they become. That in itself, even without respect to Morrison's impassioned story about the survival of the American African slave, is in itself, a deep and profound message. "Beloved" is filled with these sometimes horrible truths, but it never forsakes humanity, it never levels an accusatory finger. The brutal truths are also wonderfully tempered with tender moments. One of the best in my opinion being the spiritual gathering of freed slaves, an eloquent vision of the power of love and community. If you don't get what I'm saying, you will as you get further and further into this film. Movies and books that work on this level deserve our attention. And despite what Leonard Maltin writes, Winfrey's performance is awesome. This movie simply demands more out of us. Give it and you will be rewarded with a great fusion of the ugly and the beautiful in search of deeper spiritual truths.

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Yam Nath Lamsal

Historic Movie.

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2023

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I like historic and racial movie of Toni Morrison. It reflects the past savagely discriminated American society especially the Black Domination.

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DIDIER C

Belle adaptation du live de toni morrisson

Reviewed in France on February 7, 2020

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Je venais de lire le livre. Je voulais voir le film.

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AmazingMainz

Sehr gute Verfilmung eines grandiosen Buches

Reviewed in Germany on February 9, 2016

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Beloved setzt sich intensiv mit der amerikanischen Sklaverei auseinander. Es geht um Vergangenheit, um Leiden, um Familie. Keine leichte Aufgabe, daraus einen Film zu machen - umso besser gelungen in meinen Augen. Die komplexen Beziehungen und Erinnerungen sind sehr gut in einen Film gegossen.

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alan

Slavery In American With Spooky Horror attached

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2014

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Very Interesting film in the way the story was put together... It begins with a strange scene that invovled a ghost in amongst a household who turns out to be the duaghter of the single parent who beacuase of the harse treatment recieved from the plantation owner and hands was consumed with fear and terror that the master would be taking the children from her to also become abused' so decide to kill her children before the master and his hands could get hold of them... resulting in the one duaghter being killed" who continues to live amongst them as a ghost huanting the house with the acceptance due to guilt along with a unrecognision or connection of all the events... Then a man comes along who fancies her and comes to live with them and manages to chase the ghost away... but the child ghost returns with a vengence" A very good movie showing the harse lives people lived back in the slavery days of black Americans with a very spooky side attached I would say horror movie... Also be aware! some nakedness also included... Another good movie with Opera Winfrey

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Otto XII

原作のエッセンスを再現

Reviewed in Japan on October 19, 2013

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言うまでもなく、原作とは違う。しかし、十分に原作を再現している、と言える。
素人判断ではあるが、演技陣のパフォーマンスは説得力があり、自然だ。楽しめた。
なお、イギリスから購入して、送料込みで1,000円以下とは信じられない。
良い買いものだった。

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LA BRIGADE DES ANGES DE MONTRÉAL

La Bien-Aimé / Beloved

Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2018

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Il faut voir et / ou revoir ce film avec Oprah Winfrey et Danny Glover dans ce grand film dramatique historique américain tourné en 1998.

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We must see and / or see this film with Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover in this great American historical drama film shot in 1998.

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