Beloved (movie)
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| Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
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Edward Saxon Jonathan Demme Gary Goetzman Oprah Winfrey Kate Forte |
| Screenplay by |
Akosua Busia Richard LaGravenese Adam Brooks |
| Based on |
Beloved by Toni Morrison |
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| Music by | Rachel Portman |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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172 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $80 million |
| Box office | $22.9 million |
Beloved is a 1998 American horror-drama film based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandie Newton. The plot centers on a former slave after the American Civil War, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter whom she murdered out of desperation to save her from a slave owner. Despite being a box office bomb,Beloved received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design for Colleen Atwood, and both Danny Glover and Kimberly Elise received praise for their performances.
Sethe is a former slave living on the outskirts of Cincinnati shortly after the Civil War. An angry poltergeist terrorizes Sethe and her three children, causing her two sons to run away forever. Eight years later, Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives alone with her daughter, Denver (Kimberly Elise). Paul D. (Danny Glover), an old friend from Sweet Home, the plantation Sethe had escaped from years earlier, finds Sethe's home, where he drives off the angry spirit. Afterwards, Paul D. proposes that he should stay and Sethe responds favorably. Shortly after Paul D. moves in, a clean, mentally handicapped young woman (Thandie Newton) named Beloved stumbles into Sethe's yard and also stays with them.
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