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Secret Life of Bees, The

Secret Life of Bees, The(2008)

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In 1960s South Carolina, a young white girl flees her hometown with her black surrogate mother and is taken in by an eccentric trio of beekeeping sisters who introduce the runaway to their secret world.

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Cast & Crew

Gina Prince-Bythewood Director
Queen Latifah
Dakota Fanning
Jennifer Hudson
Sophie Okonedo
Alicia Keys
Paul Bettany
Hilarie Burton
Nate Parker
Tristan Wilds
Addy Miller
Shondrella Avery
Renee Clark
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MPAA Ratings:  PG-13 Premiere Info: 
Release Date:  2008 Production Date: 
Color/B&W:  Distributions Co:  Focus Features/Fox Searchlight Pictures
Sound:  Production Co:  Donners' Company .....Production Company, Overbrook Entertainment .....Production Company, Sublime Sound .....Production Company, Hammerhead Productions, Inc. .....Production Company, Lola Visual Effects .....Production Company, Pixel Magic .....Production Company, Cinema Catering .....Production Company, International Film Guarantors .....Production Company, City National Bank .....Production Company, Todd-Ao .....Production Company, Right Lobe Design Group .....Production Company, Global Entertainment Partners .....Production Company, Electric Picture Solutions .....Production Company, Postworks New York .....Production Company, Abbey Road Studios .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group .....Production Company, Post Creations .....Production Company, Cinepix Sp. Z O.O. .....Theatrical Distributor, Nu-Metro .....Theatrical Distributor, Filmcompagniet .....Theatrical Distributor, Fox Searchlight Pictures .....Studio, Jenny Elsinger .....Cable Operator, Fox Searchlight Pictures .....Domestic Theatrical Distributor, 20th Century Fox International .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, Dune Entertainment .....Financier
Duration(mins):  Country:  United States (USA)
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  • The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

    Jay 2009-02-01

    Dakota Fanning just doesn't have the acting range to pull off the film. Queen Latifah is terrific though. Rather predictable and overly dramatic, it... MORE>

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