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Beloved

Year:
Duration:
172 min
Genres:
Drama | History | Horror
IMDB rate:
5.8
Director:
Jonathan Demme
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 23 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1998-10-16
Filming Locations: Fair Hill Natural Resources Area - 376 Fair Hill Drive, Fair Hill, Maryland, USA
Earnings
Budget: $53,000,000
Opening Weekend: $8,165,551 (USA) (18 October 1998)
Gross: $22,843,047 (USA) (14 March 1999)
Cast
Actor
Character
Yada Beener
Denver aged 9
Emil Pinnock
Howard aged 14
Calen Johnson
Buglar aged 13
Oprah Winfrey
Sethe
Beah Richards
Baby Suggs
Danny Glover
Paul D
Kimberly Elise
Denver
Jude Ciccolella
Schoolteacher
Kessia Embry
Amy Denver (as Kessia Kordelle)
Dashiell Eaves
Schoolteacher's Nephew
LisaGay Hamilton
Younger Sethe
Tyler Hinson
Baby Beloved
Brian Hooks
Young Paul D
Hill Harper
Halle
Thandie Newton
Beloved
George E. Ray
Reverend Pike
Wes Bentley
Schoolteacher's Nephew
Irma P. Hall
Ella
Dorothy Love Coates
M. Lucille Williams
Vertamae Grosvenor
Grace
Angie Utt
Mrs. Garner
Jim Roche
String Show Barker
Frederick Strother
African Savage
Lillian Smith
Lemonade Server
Ramona Castle
Carnival Kid
Aliya Robinson
Denver's Carnival Friend
Albert Hall
Stamp Paid
Brooklyn James
Carnival Kid
Anthony Chisholm
Langhorne
Nora Marlowe
Carnival Kid
Joe Toutebon
Frenchie
Brittany Hawkins
Young Girl Sethe
Alerte Belance
Nan
Ayoka Dorsey
Sethe's Mother
Ashleigh Watson
Baby Denver
Dajon Matthews
Howard aged 5
Norris Wiggins Jr.
Buglar aged 4
Tracey Walter
Slave Catcher
Terel Gibson
Buglar aged 21
Harry Northup
Sheriff
Damani Baker
Howard aged 22
Paul Lazar
General Store Proprietor
Robert W. Castle
Mr. Sawyer (as Robert Castle)
Jane White
Lady Jones
Leigh Smiley
General Store Helper
Dan Olmstead
Policeman
Jiggs Walker
Good Samaritan
Charles Glenn
Helpful Gentleman
Carol Jean Lewis
Janey Wagon
Jason Robards
Mr. Bodwin
Anthony S. Calypso
Denver's Boyfriend
Ysaye M. Barnwell
The Thirty Women
Aisha Kahlil
The Thirty Women
Trazana Beverley
One of 'The Thirty Women' (as Trazana M. Beverley)
Carol Maillard
One of 'The Thirty Women' (as Carol Lynn Maillard)
Cecelia Ann Birt
The Thirty Women
Dianne McIntyre
The Thirty Women
Grace Blake
The Thirty Women
Gaynielle Neville
The Thirty Women
Jordan Cael
The Thirty Women
Madeline Preston
The Thirty Women
Nitanju Bolade Casel
The Thirty Women
Matt Rochester
The Thirty Women
Edwidge Danticat
The Thirty Women
Millicent Sparks
The Thirty Women
Yanick Etienne
The Thirty Women
Lisa Summerour
The Thirty Women
Denise Gassant
The Thirty Women
Ophelia M. Turner
The Thirty Women
Frances Gray
The Thirty Women
Karen Vicks
One of 'The Thirty Women' (as Karen Lorraine Vicks)
Thelma Houston
The Thirty Women
Willa Ward
The Thirty Women
Louise Johnson
The Thirty Women
Pauletta Washington
The Thirty Women
Jacqueline Celestin Fils-Aimé
The Thirty Women
Oumou Sangare
Ancestor Vocals (voice)
Hazel Fernadez
Featured Singer (voice) (as Hazel Fernandes)
Len Berdick
Guard of Slaves (uncredited)
Daniel Capellaro
Paperboy (uncredited)
Anthony Cook
Man Pushing WheelBarrel (uncredited)
Jahmal Curtis
Stamp Paid's Boy #1 (uncredited)
Katy Dierlam
Helen Melon (uncredited)
Brother Eden Douglas
Swine Wrangler - Sethe's Neighbor (uncredited)
Lionel Douglass
Fry Man (uncredited)
Belito Garcia
Slave (uncredited)
Stanley Glenn
Barber Shop Man #2 (uncredited)
Harold Gould
Barber Shop Man #4 (uncredited)
Frank Hartman
Frank the Human Volcano (uncredited)
Faith Grace Johnson
30 Mile Woman (uncredited)
Bonnie Loev
Carriage Passenger (uncredited)
Michelle Marcelle
Abu Snake Charmer (uncredited)
Nancy Marron-Asti
Widow / Mom (uncredited)
Warren Miller
Sands of Time Teller (uncredited)
Charles Napier
Angry Carny (uncredited)
Joey Perillo
The Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Jimmy Joe Roche
Carny Family Member (uncredited)
Lauren Roselli
Carnival Gypsy (uncredited)
Edward Saxon
Man with Rubbery Face (uncredited)
Cue Shepherd
Slave (uncredited)
Rema D. Webb
The Thirty Women (uncredited)
Ford Wheeler
Egyptian Giant (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
When Jonathan Demme presented an honorary Oscar to his mentor Roger Corman, he revealed that the Jason Robards role in Beloved (1998) had been originally cast to be played by Corman, but when Corman discovered the role had no lines, "a scheduling conflict ensued and he withdrew from the part with apologies."
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Oprah Winfrey purchased the film rights to the novel in 1987. She claims that while reading the book, she could only picture herself as Sethe and Danny Glover as Paul D. It took her ten years to get the film made, which she finally had to produce herself.
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Some exteriors set in 19th century Cincinnati were actually filmed on 3rd St in the Old City section of Philadelphia.
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Goofs
In the scene with a deer in the field, a car is visible driving by in the upper right hand corner.
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Beloved wears contact lenses.
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When the camera is following Beloved out to the shed, you can the camera man's shoe for a second in the bottom right corner.
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Quotes
Amy Denver: A Nigger. If that don't beat all.
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Sethe: I got a tree on my back and a haint in my house, and nothing inbetween but the daughter I'm holding in my arms.
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Denver: How come everybody from Sweet Home can't stop talking about it? Seems to me if it was so sweet, you wouldn't have run away.
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Faq
Q
Why did Denver suddenly burst into tears shortly after meeting Paul D?
A
She was tired of being ignored and socially outcast from the rest of the world, and seeing Paul D and her mother together only reminded her that she had no one else in the world that belonged to her. After Sethe attempted to murder her children and her daughter's ghost inhabited the house, no one ever visited 124 again. Later, when her brothers, Howard and Buglar, ran away, she remained in the house for more than seven years, never even venturing out of her own front yard.
Q
Why did it take so long for Sethe to realize who Beloved really was?
A
Because of Paul D's presence. Every time Sethe was given a clue as to Beloved's identity, she was too preoccupied with Paul D to fully realize the intent of Beloved's knowledge about her. Later, after Paul D leaves, Sethe realizes that she knew who Beloved really was all along.
Q
Why did Sethe try to kill all of her children?
A
She tried to kill them in order to save them from being dragged back to Sweet Home and subjected to the horrors of slavery. Sethe's love for her children ran so deep, that she would have rather seen them dead than be forced to watch them suffer and endure what Sethe herself went through. As she later explains to Paul D, "I would rather know they're at peace in Heaven than living a hell here on Earth!" However, she only succeeded in killing Beloved, and the rest of her children survived her assaults.
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