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Waiting to exhale ; The five heartbeats ; Soul food ; How Stella got her groove back.

Title: Waiting to exhale ; The five heartbeats ; Soul food ; How Stella got her groove back.
Publication: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2015.

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Description

4 videodiscs : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Waiting to Exhale. Directed by Forest Whitaker. The story of four African-American women who journey through a modern labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and makeovers. Based on a novel by Terry McMillan.
The Five Heartbeats. Directed by George Tillman, Jr. Five young friends are drawn together by music. Their dreams of fame and fortune take them from amateur nights in ghetto clubs to the pinnacle of show business success and personal tragedy. When the vocal group The Five Heartbeats get to the top of music world they learn the hard reality of the music industry.
Soul Food. Directed by Robert Townsend. Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. Stella and Delilah have been friends through good times and bad. Stella, however, has been so busy with building a life, she's forgotten how to live. Delilah has plans to change that--Container. Based on a novel by Terry McMillan.

Alternative Title

Soulful classics

Subject

African American women > Drama
Female friendship > United States > Drama
Man-woman relationships > United States > Drama
Rhythm and blues music > Drama
Music trade > United States > Drama
Musical groups > United States > Drama
African American women > Travel > Jamaica > Drama
African American men > Drama
Divorced women > United States > Drama
Friendship > Drama
Love > Drama
Sisters > Drama
Jamaica > Drama

Genre/Form

Feature films.
Comedy films.
Romantic comedy films.
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Note

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995 (Waiting To Exhale), 1991 (The Five Heartbeats), 1998 (How Stella Got Her Groove Back) and 1997 (Soul Food).

Credits (note)

Waiting to Exhale: Photography, Toyomichi Kurita; editor, Richard Chew; music, Kenneth "Baby Face" Edmonds.
The Five Heartbeats: Director of photography, Bill Dill ; editor, John Carter ; original music score, Stanley Clarke ; production designer, Wynn Thomas.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Director of photography, Jeffrey Jur ; editor, George Bowers ; music, Michel Colombier.
Soul Food: Director of photography, Paul Elliott ; editor, John Carter ; music, Wendt Melvoin, Lisa Coleman.

Performer (note)

Waiting to Exhale: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines.
The Five Heartbeats: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas, Diahann Carroll.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Regina King, Whoopi Goldberg, Suzzanne Douglas, Michael J. Pagan, Sicily, Glynn Turman, Lou Myers, James Pickens, Jr., Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Carl Lumbly.
Soul Food: Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Gina Ravera, Brandon Hammond.

System Details (note)

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby surround sound.

Language (note)

In English or French (Waiting to Exhale; Soul Food) with optional Spanish or English subtitles; Closed-captioned; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Contents

V.1: Waiting to exhale -- The five heartbeats -- V.2: Soul food -- How Stella got her groove back.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-2091

LCCN

024543218012

OCLC

939523771

Title

Waiting to exhale ; The five heartbeats ; Soul food ; How Stella got her groove back.

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Cast

Waiting to Exhale: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines.

The Five Heartbeats: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas, Diahann Carroll.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Regina King, Whoopi Goldberg, Suzzanne Douglas, Michael J. Pagan, Sicily, Glynn Turman, Lou Myers, James Pickens, Jr., Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Carl Lumbly.

Soul Food: Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Gina Ravera, Brandon Hammond.

Credits

Waiting to Exhale: Photography, Toyomichi Kurita; editor, Richard Chew; music, Kenneth "Baby Face" Edmonds.

The Five Heartbeats: Director of photography, Bill Dill ; editor, John Carter ; original music score, Stanley Clarke ; production designer, Wynn Thomas.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Director of photography, Jeffrey Jur ; editor, George Bowers ; music, Michel Colombier.

Soul Food: Director of photography, Paul Elliott ; editor, John Carter ; music, Wendt Melvoin, Lisa Coleman.

System Details

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby surround sound.

Language

In English or French (Waiting to Exhale; Soul Food) with optional Spanish or English subtitles; Closed-captioned; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Added Author

Swerdlow, Ezra.

Schindler, Deborah.

Whitaker, Forest, film director.

Bass, Ronald.

Houston, Whitney.

Bassett, Angela.

Devine, Loretta.

Rochon, Lela, 1966-

Hines, Gregory.

McMillan, Terry.

Tillman, George, 1969- film director.

Tillman, George, 1969- screenwriter.

Edmonds, Tracey E. Producer

Teitel, Robert. Producer

Williams, Vanessa, actor.

Fox, Vivica A., 1964- actor.

Long, Nia. Actor

Beach, Michael. Actor

Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- Actor

Sams, Jeffrey D. Actor

Hammond, Brandon, 1984- Actor

Sullivan, Kevin Rodney, film director.

Diggs, Taye.

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-

King, Regina.

Douglass, Suzzanne, 1957-

Turman, Glynn.

Pickens, James.

Henley, Barry Shabaka, 1954-

Stickney, Phyllis Yvonne.

Lumbly, Carl.

Leon (Leon Robinson)

Carroll, Diahann.

Wright, Michael, 1956-

Carter, John.

Lennix, Harry J.

Wells, Tico.

Nicholas, Harold.

Dill, Bill.

Clarke, Stanley.

Townsend, Robert, 1957- film director.

Jones, Loretha C.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Other Standard Identifier

024543218012

Publisher No.

2321801 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-2091

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