Beloved
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kristi Zea
Vertamae Grosvenor
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Frances Gray
Yada Beener
Damani Baker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sethe is a woman of elemental grace and unspoken mystery. A figure of fierce determination, Sethe is a runaway slave struggling to carve out her own simple existence with her children in rural Ohio, 1873. Preventing her from achieving that, however, is the painful legacy of her former life, and the desperate measures to which she is driven to keep herself and her family from returning to it. Paul D is an old friend who comes to visit Sethe and whose understanding is tested by her household's shattering secrets. Denver is Sethe's daughter, an embattled young woman who must free herself from the crippling grasp that her mother's choices have on her. And the mysterious young woman who calls herslf Beloved, grows to become part of Sethe's family--her devastating presence threatens to destroy the delicate balance of Sethe and Denver's existence.
Cast
Vertamae Grosvenor
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Frances Gray
Yada Beener
Damani Baker
George E Ray
Nora Marlowe
Millicent Sparks
Albert Hall
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Jason Robards Jr.
Jiggs Walker
Lillian Smith
Oumou Sangare
Joe Toutebon
Irma P. Hall
Brian Hooks
Denise Gassant
Grace Blake
Charles Glenn
Anthony S Calypso
Carol-jean Lewis
Gaynielle Neville
Ophelia M Turner
Karen Lorraine Vicks
Lisa Summerour
Frederick Strother
Louise Johnson
Willa Ward
Anthony Chisholm
Wes Bentley
Edwidge Danticat
Kimberly Elise
Thandie Newton
Pauletta Washington
Cecelia Ann Birt
Jordan Cael
Norris Wiggins
Madeline Preston
Dan Olmstead
Hill Harper
Leigh Smiley
Paul Lazar
Aliya Robinson
Matt Rochester
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Oprah Winfrey
Emil Pinnock
Jim Roche
Terel Gibson
Tyler Hinson
Carol Lynn Maillard
Trazana Beverley
Aisha Kahlil
Jane White
Beah Richards
Calen Johnson
Brooklyn James
Ayoka Dorsey
Dorothy Love Coates
Dianne Mcintyre
Dashiell Eaves
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Harry Northup
Yanick Etienne
Robert Castle
Brittany Hawkins
Alerte Belance
Thelma Houston
Jude Ciccolella
Jacqueline Celestin Fils-aime
Dajon Matthews
Nitanju Bolade Casel
Ysaye M Barnwell
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Danny Glover
Kessia Kordelle
Tracey Walter
Ramona Castle
Angie Utt
Chris Pascuzzo
Kenneth Turek
Ashleigh Watson
Crew
Andy Aaron
Kasia Adamik
Blondel Aidoo
Nancy Allen
Simon Allen
Robin Allen-paris
Dorothy Love Coates And The Thirty Women
Deva Anderson
John Anthony
David Arch
Neda Armian
Amy Arnold
William D Arrowood
Andy Atkins
Brian Atkins
Colleen Atwood
Gage Averill
John Ayling
Rick Bachman
Tom Bahr
Damani Baker
Kashka Banjoko
Nick Bautista
Rudy Beilicke
Peter Betulia
Dave Biggs
Renee Blake
Cha Blevins
Thomas Boguski
Johnetta Boone
David Boulton
Regina Boyer
Ron Bozman
Ron Bozman
Sheridan Braxton
James Breen
Adam Brooks
Enoch Brown
Tony Brubaker
Nicholas Bucknall
Jena Burke
Willie Burton
Nathan J. Busch
Akosua Busia
Kathleen Callahan
Anthony S Calypso
Brian Carmichael
Gil Carreras
Dan Carter
Tim Chambers
Ben Cheah
Tamika Chenier
Gary Chester
Harvey Citron
Paul Clarvis
Celeste Cleveland
Alex Cohn
Henry Compton
O J Connell Iii
Andrew Conner
Christopher M Connors
Daniel C Cook
Fran Cook
Mary Cook
Sharyn Cordice
Jason Cortazzo
Marko Costanzo
Jonathan Cott
Michael Courlander
Chris Cozens
Tangi Crawford
Ted Criswell
Naomi Cromwell
Lorraine Crossman
Darcey Crownshaw
Alan D'angerio
Alan D'angerio
James D'damery
Bob Davis
Carl Davis
Deborah Myles Davis
John William Davis
John William Davis
Karen Davis
Jonathan Demme
Walt Dendall
Michael Dennis
Christine V Desrochers
Chris Dibble
Vince Digiacomo
John K Donohue
Tim Downs
Gerald Ehresmann
Martin Elfalan
Kimberly Elise
George Engel
James C. Feng
Hazel Fernandes
Pablo Ferro
Howard Feuer
William P Fiedler
Chris Fielder
Jo Anne Finan
Gary Romolo Fiorelli
Thomas Fitzgerald
Tom Fleischman
Peg Flynn
Carmen Foglietta
Kate Forte
Abdul Franklin
Kate Fujimoto
Tak Fujimoto
Tak Fujimoto
Carl Fullerton
Timothy Galvin
Elena Gavrilova
Eugene Gearty
Bob George
Gary Gero
Dan Giaquinto
Terel Gibson
Danny Glover
Gary Goetzman
Benjamin Goldberg
Lewis Goldstein
Don Greenleaf
John Griffith
Vertamae Grosvenor
Jason Gueringer
Joseph Guglielmucci
Ted Haas
Hassan Hakmoun
George Hamer
Billy Hamilton
Diane Hammond
Peter A Haran
Nikki Harmon
Cydney Harris
Kimberly Harris
Jan Hendrickse
William F Hennessy
Charmaine Henninger
Buren Hodge
Brian Holden
Robert Holtzman
Beth Horton
Susan Humphrey
Jane Hunter
Jane Hunter
Kevin Nathaniel Hylton
Jackie Jackson
Gregory F Johnson
Jasper Lee Johnson
Josh Johnson
John A Johnston
Bessie Jones
Erik Jordan
Anthony M Keane
Kathleen Kearney
Andy Keir
Barry Kellogg
Kathleen Kelly
Frank Kern
Lara Khachooni
Kristina Kilpe
Eric Kim
Mitchell Kinney
Miura Kite
Todd Kleitsch
Peter Kohn
Jenny Kubo
Kevin Ladson
Richard Lagravenese
Terry Laudermilch
Steven E Lawler
Sandra Leimbacher-weldon
Julio Leitao
Christine Leiter
Michael Leonard
John Leonidas
Marshall Lewis
Marvin E. Lewis
Skip Lievsay
Craig Heston Ligget
Steve Litecky
Marissa Littlefield
Victor Littlejohn
Carol Littleton
Alan Lomax
Dorothy Love-coates
Camille Lowry
Nicholas Lundy
Edward Lynch
April Mackin
Alison Maclean
Ralph Maiers
Allen Mamet
Ray Manlove
Charles Marquis
Cyndi Martin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Costume Design
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States December 6, 1998 (Shown in New York City (DGA Theater) as part of series "IFP's/Director's Take" December 6, 1998.)
Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film March 12-27, 1999.)
Winner of the 1999 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor (Danny Glover).
Nominated for the 1998 Award for Excellence in Film Costume Design by the Costume Designers Guild.
Winner of the 1998 award for Most Promising Actress (Kimberly Elise) from the Chicago Film Critics Association. Nominated for a further two awards, including including Best Cinematography, and Best Supporting Actress (Kimberly Elise).
Winner of the 1998 Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama (Kimberly Elise) from the International Press Academy.
Released in United States Fall October 16, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 6, 1999
Released in United States December 6, 1998
Released in United States March 1999
Shown at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film March 12-27, 1999.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison.
Began shooting June 25, 1997.
Completed shooting December 18, 1997.
Clinica Estetico is Jonathan Demme and Ed Saxon's production company.
Released in United States Fall October 16, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 6, 1999