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Beloved Details

1998

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Starring	Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise
Director	Jonathan Demme
Genres	Drama

Beloved

Jonathan Demme directs this mysterious and potent drama based on Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Years after the Civil War, in Ohio, a former slave named Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives in a small house on some land outside of Cincinnati with her grown daughter, Denver (Kimberly Elise). Sethe is stoic and hardworking, while Denver is restless and has begun to resist her mother's separatist tendencies. Meanwhile, their home is showing signs of some sort of possession that causes it to pitch and rumble. Shortly after the house has become disturbed, the two receive a visit from Paul D. (Danny Glover), a former slave who knew Sethe. Next another young woman, named Beloved (Thandie Newton), arrives out of nowhere. Beloved's odd childlike ways, which include her speaking and walking strangely, are just the beginning of the dark story she forces to the surface after her arrival. Beloved's effect on Sethe and Paul D. forces them to deal with the past while propelling Denver into maturity. The film is full of mysticism while boldly exploring some of the spiritual repercussions of slavery.

Starring	Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beah Richards, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Albert Hall, Irma P. Hall
Director	Jonathan Demme
Studio	TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 45 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	German, Spanish
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
Released	Production year: 1998 To Rent: DVD: 12 Feb 2001

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- Meticulous version of a novel dealing with the effects and aftermath of slavery; it is, though, both too earnest and too long to be entirely satisfactory.
- 30360
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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  This is very weird ...
  
  This is very weird film. Never saw anything even similar!
  
  The master class of actors technique and full of metaphors + deep ideas to think about.read more »
  
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  - Sasha#1
  - LEEDS
  - 21 Oct 2004 at 22:15
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  Violent & Over The Top
  
  I like long movies, I like art house films, I like Oprah and Danny in films, but I just did not like this film. The gratuitous violence was really awful; things... read more »
  
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- - filmspotter
  - 27 reviews
  - Perthshire
  - 16 Oct 2011 at 14:43
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  worth watching
  
  This is a fantastic adaptation of a very strong novel, played very well by all the cast involved. It was very much overlooked in the UK, but if this is ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 30 Aug 2011 at 16:23
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  Brave attempt at difficult novel
  
  I can understand why this was a flop in the box office! It could never compete with commercial releases at three hours in duration and a very strange plot, and ... read more »
  
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- - Kulturmonster
  - 34 reviews
  - Ipswich
  - 16 Jul 2011 at 16:57
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Winfrey 'depressed' over Beloved flop
- 14 Jan 2011
Oprah Winfrey has opened up about the disappointment she felt after her 1998 movie Beloved bombed at the box office, admitting the flop film left her fighting depression. The media mogul produced and starred in the big screen adaption of Toni Morrison's spooky novel, alongside Danny Glover and Thandie Newton. However, the $80 million (£53 million) movie pulled in just £14.6 million in takings - and Winfrey was hit hard by the negative feedback. Speaking on the first episode of new U.S Read more
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  Jonathan Demme directs this mysterious and potent drama based on Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Years after the Civil War, in Ohio, a former slave named Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives in a small house on some land outside of Cincinnati with her grown daughter, Denver (...