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Beloved

Title: Beloved / directed by Jonathan Demme. Their eyes were watching God / directed by Darnell Martin.
Publication: [Burbank, Calif.] : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2008]

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Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 284 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Beloved (ca. 171 min.): On a journey to find freedom, Sethe is confronted by the secrets that have haunted her for years. Then, an old friend from out of her past reenters her life. With his help, Sethe may finally be able to rediscover who she is and regain her lost sense of hope.
Their eyes were watching God (ca. 113 min.): A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the mores of her small town.

Uniform Title

Their eyes were watching God.

Alternative Title

Their eyes were watching

Subject

African Americans > Ohio > History > 19th century > Drama
African American women > Drama
Enslaved women > Drama
Infanticide > Drama
African Americans > Marriage > Drama
Interpersonal relations > Drama
Values > United States > Drama
Man-woman relationships > Drama
Historical films
Ohio > Drama

Genre/Form

Feature films.
Made-for-TV movies.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Note

Beloved: originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Their eyes were watching God: originally broadcast on television in 2005.
Beloved based on the novel by Toni Morrison.
Their eyes were watching God based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.
Beloved special features: Theatrical trailer; Production featurette.
Their eyes were watching God special features: Introduction to film by Oprah Winfrey.

Credits (note)

Beloved: produced by Edward Saxon, Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman, Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte ; executive producer, Ron Bozman screenplay by Akosua Busia and Richard LaGravenese and Adam Brooks ; Demme, Gary Goetzman, Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte ; director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; edited by Carol Littleton, Andy Keir ; music composed & orchestrated by Rachel Portman ; a Harpo Films/Clinica Estetico production ; a Jonathan Demme picture.
Their eyes were watching God: producer, Matthew Carlisle ; executive producers, Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte ; written for television by Suzan-Lori Parks and Misan Sagay and Bobby Smith, Jr. ; composer, Terence Blanchard ; edited by Peter C. Frank ; director of photography, Checco Varese ; Harpo Films ; Touchstone Television ; Oprah Winfrey presents.

Performer (note)

Beloved: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beah Richards, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Albert Hall, Irma P. Hall, Carol Jean Lewis, Kessia Kordelle, Jude Ciccolella, Anthony Chisholm, Dorothy Love Coates, Jane White.
Their eyes were watching God: Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Michael Ealy, Terrence Howard, Lorraine Toussaint, Nicki Micheaux, Gabriel Casseus, Sean Nelson, Mel Winkler, Kevin Daniels, Maura Gale, Ruby Dee.

System Details (note)

Their eyes were watching God: DVD ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; NTSC region 1 ; Dolby Digital.
Beloved: DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; NTSC region 1 ; Dolby Digital.

Language (note)

Beloved: English and French language soundtracks; English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Their eyes were watching God: English language soundtrack; English subtitles; closed-captioned.

Contents

Beloved -- Their eyes were watching God.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-2042

ISBN

0788886800
9780788886805

LCCN

786936758351

OCLC

191886937

Title

Beloved / directed by Jonathan Demme. Their eyes were watching God / directed by Darnell Martin.

Imprint

[Burbank, Calif.] : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2008]

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD video

Cast

Beloved: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beah Richards, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Albert Hall, Irma P. Hall, Carol Jean Lewis, Kessia Kordelle, Jude Ciccolella, Anthony Chisholm, Dorothy Love Coates, Jane White.

Their eyes were watching God: Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Michael Ealy, Terrence Howard, Lorraine Toussaint, Nicki Micheaux, Gabriel Casseus, Sean Nelson, Mel Winkler, Kevin Daniels, Maura Gale, Ruby Dee.

Credits

Beloved: produced by Edward Saxon, Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman, Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte ; executive producer, Ron Bozman screenplay by Akosua Busia and Richard LaGravenese and Adam Brooks ; Demme, Gary Goetzman, Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte ; director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; edited by Carol Littleton, Andy Keir ; music composed & orchestrated by Rachel Portman ; a Harpo Films/Clinica Estetico production ; a Jonathan Demme picture.

Their eyes were watching God: producer, Matthew Carlisle ; executive producers, Oprah Winfrey, Kate Forte ; written for television by Suzan-Lori Parks and Misan Sagay and Bobby Smith, Jr. ; composer, Terence Blanchard ; edited by Peter C. Frank ; director of photography, Checco Varese ; Harpo Films ; Touchstone Television ; Oprah Winfrey presents.

System Details

Their eyes were watching God: DVD ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; NTSC region 1 ; Dolby Digital.

System Details

Beloved: DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; NTSC region 1 ; Dolby Digital.

Language

Beloved: English and French language soundtracks; English subtitles; closed-captioned.

Their eyes were watching God: English language soundtrack; English subtitles; closed-captioned.

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Added Author

Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017, film director.

Busia, Akosua. Screenwriter

LaGravenese, Richard. Screenwriter

Brooks, Adam, 1956- Screenwriter

Saxon, Edward. Producer

Goetzman, Gary, 1952- Producer

Winfrey, Oprah. Producer. Actor

Forte, Kate. Producer

Bozman, Ron (Ronald M.) Producer

Glover, Danny. Actor

Newton, Thandiwe, 1972- Actor

Elise, Kimberly, 1971- Actor

Richards, Beah E. Actor

Hamilton, Lisa Gay, 1964- actor.

Hall, Albert. Actor

Hall, Irma P., 1935- Actor

Lewis, Carol Jean. Actor

Kordelle, Kessia. Actor

Ciccolella, Jude. Actor

Chisholm, Anthony. Actor

Coates, Dorothy Love. Actor

White, Jane. Actor

Fujimoto, Tak. Cinematographer

Zea, Kristi. Artistic director

Littleton, Carol. Film editor

Keir, Andy. Film editor

Portman, Rachel. Composer

Atwood, Colleen. Costume designer

Carlisle, Matthew. Producer

Parks, Suzan-Lori, screenwriter.

Sagay, Misan. Screenwriter

Smith, Bobby, Jr., 1968- Screenwriter

Martin, Darnell. Director

Berry, Halle. Actor

Santiago-Hudson, Ruben, 1956- actor.

Ealy, Michael. Actor

Howard, Terrence, actor.

Toussaint, Lorraine, 1960- actor.

Micheaux, Nicki, 1971- Actor

Casseus, Gabriel. Actor

Nelson, Sean. Actor

Winkler, Mel. Actor

Daniels, Kevin, 1976- Actor

Gale, Maura. Actor

Dee, Ruby, actor.

Blanchard, Terence. Composer

Frank, Peter C. Film editor

Ammon, Ruth. Artistic director

Varese, Checco. Cinematographer

Castro, Eduardo. Costume designer

Morrison, Toni. Beloved.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their eyes were watching God.

Touchstone Pictures. Production company

Harpo Films. Production company

Clinica Estetico, Ltd. Production company

Touchstone Television. Production company

Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) Film distributor

Added Title

Their eyes were watching God.

Other Standard Identifier

786936758351

Publisher No.

56738 Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-2042

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