Beloved (1998)

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R | 2 hr 52 mins | Drama, Period, Adaptation | Released: 10/16/1998 |Box Office Total: $22.8M

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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.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/16/1998

Studio	Credit
Touchstone Films	Studio
Director	Credit
Jonathan Demme	Director
Kristi Zea	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Oprah Winfrey	Sethe
Danny Glover	Paul D
Thandie Newton	Beloved
Kimberly Elise	Denver
Beah Richards	Baby Suggs
Lisa Gay Hamilton	Younger Sethe
Albert Hall	Stamp Paid
Irma P Hall	Ella
Carol-Jean Lewis	Janey Wagon
Kessia Kordelle	Amy Denver
Jude Ciccolella	Schoolteacher
Anthony Chisholm	Langhorne
Dorothy Love Coates	M Lucille Williams
Jane White	Lady Jones
Yada Beener	Denver
Emil Pinnock	Howard
Calen Johnson	Buglar
George E Ray	Reverend Pike
Wes Bentley	Schoolteacher's Nephew
Dashiell Eaves	Schoolteacher's Nephew
Tyler Hinson	Baby Beloved
Brian Hooks	Young Paul D
Angie Utt	Mrs Garner
Hill Harper	Halle
Jim Roche	String Show Barker
Vertamae Grosvenor	Grace
Ramona Castle	Carnival Kid
Brooklyn James	Carnival Kid
Nora Marlowe	Carnival Kid
Frederick Strother	African Savage
Lillian Smith	Lemonade Server
Aliya Robinson	Denver's Carnival Friend
Joe Toutebon	Frenchie
Brittany Hawkins	Young Girl Sethe
Alerte Belance	Nan
Ayoka Dorsey	Sethe's Mother
Ashleigh Watson	Baby Denver
Dajon Matthews	Howard
Norris Wiggins Jr	Buglar
Harry Northup	Sheriff
Tracey Walter	Slave Catcher
Terel Gibson	Burlar
Damani Baker	Howard
Robert Castle	Mr Sawyer
Paul Lazar	General Store Proprietor
Leigh Smiley	General Store Helper
Jiggs Walker	Good Samaritan
Dan Olmstead	Policeman
Charles Glenn	Helpful Gentleman
Jason Robards	Mr Bodwin
Anthony S Calypso	Denver's Boyfriend
Ysaye M Barnwell	One of the Thirty Women
Trazana Beverley	One of the Thirty Women
Cecelia Ann Birt	One of the Thirty Women
Grace Blake	One of the Thirty Women
Jordan Cael	One of the Thirty Women
Nitanju Bolade Casel	One of the Thirty Women
Edwidge Danticat	One of the Thirty Women
Yanick Etienne	One of the Thirty Women
Denise Gassant	One of the Thirty Women
Frances Gray	One of the Thirty Women
Thelma Houston	One of the Thirty Women
Louise Johnson	One of the Thirty Women
Jacqueline Celestin Fils-Aime	One of the Thirty Women
Aisha Kahlil	One of the Thirty Women
Carol Lynn Maillard	One of the Thirty Women
Dianne McIntyre	One of the Thirty Women
Gaynielle Neville	One of the Thirty Women
Madeline Preston	One of the Thirty Women
Matt Rochester	One of the Thirty Women
Millicent Sparks	One of the Thirty Women
Lisa Summerour	One of the Thirty Women
Ophelia M Turner	One of the Thirty Women
Karen Lorraine Vicks	One of the Thirty Women
Willa Ward	One of the Thirty Women
Pauletta Washington	One of the Thirty Women
Oumou Sangare	Ancestral Vocals
Production Credits	Credit
Steve Shareshian	Associate Producer
Edward Saxon	Producer
Ron Bozman	Executive Producer
Jonathan Demme	Producer
Gary Goetzman	Producer
Oprah Winfrey	Producer
Kate Forte	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Clinica Estetico Staff	Production Company
Harpo Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Touchstone Pictures Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
GBVI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Maryland, USA
Delaware, USA
Writer	Credit
Toni Morrison	Source Material (from novel)
Akosua Busia	Screenplay
Richard LaGravenese	Screenplay
Adam Brooks	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Martin Elfalan	Assistant Accountant
Kathy Petty	Production Accountant
James N Swidarski	Accountant - payroll accountant
Oopie Parraco	Accountant - construction accountant
James D'Damery Jr	Assistant Accountant
Trevanna Post	Accountant - post-production accounting
Karen Turner	Assistant Accountant
Sandra L Yeary	Assistant Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Gary Gero	Animal Trainer - animal coordinator
Dave Biggs	Animal Wrangler - animal wrangler/trainer
April Mackin	Animal Trainer - head animal trainer
Buren Hodge	Animal Wrangler - animal wrangler/trainer
Susan Humphrey	Animal Wrangler - animal wrangler/trainer
Sally Sousa	Animal Wrangler - animal wrangler/trainer
Art Department	Credit
Kenneth Turek	Lead Person - leadman
Robert Topol	Scenic Artist - master scenic artist
Kasia Adamik	Storyboard Artist
Ford Wheeler	Assistant Set Decorator
Kristi Zea	Production Designer
Karen O'Hara	Set Decorator
Lisa Ozanne	Set Dresser - stand-by set dresser
James C Feng	Assistant Art Director
Timothy Galvin	Art Director
Cydney Harris	Assistant Art Director
Chris Pascuzzo	Lead Person - leadman
Sharon Potts	Set Dresser - stand-by set dresser
Jackie Jackson	Assistant Art Director
William F Hennessy Jr	Set Dresser
Robert Holtzman ('Ratface')	Set Dresser
Nicholas Lundy	Assistant Art Director
Barbra Matis	Assistant Art Director
Kristina Kilpe	Set Dresser
Victor Littlejohn	Set Dresser
Allen Mamet	Set Dresser
Thomas Scruggs	Set Dresser
Patrick Trowbridge	Set Dresser
Tom West	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Howard Feuer	Casting
Meredith Tucker	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Kimberly Skyrme	Extras Casting
Mike Lemon Casting	Casting Agency casting
Craft Services	Credit
Kathleen Callahan ('Kat')	Craft Service
Vince DiGiacomo	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Mathieu Reid	Color Timer - digital color timer
Beth Horton	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Dan Carter	Projectionist
Brian Carmichael	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Tak Fujimoto	Director of Photography
P Scott Sakamoto	Steadicam Operator - camera operator/Steadicam
M Tony Trotta	Camera - camera scenic
Ken Regan	Photography - still photographer
John Young	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 2nd assistant
Norberto Valle Jr	Projectionist - dailies projectionist
Boots Shelton	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Kyle Rudolph	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Gil Carreras	Color Timer
Michael Leonard	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Leon S Sanginiti Jr	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Daniel C Cook	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
BVI	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
George Hamer	Music Contractor
Suzana Peric	Music Editor
Toni Morrison	Song - songs
Bernice Johnson Reagon	Music - music consultant
Deva Anderson	Music Supervisor
Rachel Portman	Composer - music composer
Rachel Portman	Orchestrations - music orchestration
Danny Glover	Song Performer
David Arch	Music Conductor - conductor
Nancy Allen	Music - assistant music editor
Rachel Portman	Song - songs
Oprah Winfrey	Song Performer
Miriam Stockley	Music Contractor
Mita Stoycheva	Song Performer
Tony Stanton	Music - music preparation
Rachel Portman	Song - song/song performer
Kimberly Elise	Song
Hayarti Noumi Ouirgadi	Song Performer
Jan Hendrickse	Music - flutes player
Dorothy Love-Coates	Music - music researcher
John William Davis	Song Performer
Thandie Newton	Song
Simon Allen	Music - featured musician
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company	Song Performer
Dianne McIntyre	Song
Alan Lomax	Song - song arranger
Jane Hunter	Song Performer
Nicholas Bucknall	Music - featured musician
Paul Clarvis	Music - featured musician
John William Davis	Song - song arranger
Dorothy Love Coates and 'The Thirty Women'	Song Performer
African Children's Choir	Song Performer
Hassan Hakmoun	Music - featured musician
Enoch Brown	Song - song arranger and performer
Kevin Nathaniel Hylton	Music - featured musician
Bessie Jones	Song - song arranger
African Children's Choir	Song Performer - featured singer
Seikou Susso	Music - featured musician
Oumou Sangare	Song Performer - featured singer
Jane Hunter	Song
Hazel Fernandes	Song Performer - featured singer
Felipe Garcia Villamil	Music - featured musician
Physical Effects	Credit
David Arthur Nelson	Animatronics - animatronics dog effects creator
Tony Brubaker	Stunt Coordinator
Norman Tempia	Animatronics - animatronics dog effects creator
Production Management	Credit
Neri Kyle Tannenbaum	Location Manager
Joseph Zolfo	Assistant Location Manager
Peter Kohn	Assistant Director
Ron Bozman	Unit Production Manager
Kerry Lyn McKissick	Script Supervisor
Angela Quiles	Production Coordinator
Thomas Boguski	Assistant Production Coordinator
Tim Downs	Location Assistant
Naomi Cromwell	DGA Trainee
Jena Burke	Production Coordinator - digital production coordinator
Alex Cohn	Location Manager
Ray Manlove	Location Assistant
Scott Andrew Robertson	Assistant Director
Jordan Prince	Location Assistant
George Norfleet Jr	Location Manager
Karen Davis	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
William D Arrowood	Location Manager - Bluestone road site manager
John Stefanic	Location Assistant
Robin Allen-Paris	Assistant Director
Patricia Taggart	Location Assistant
Gary Romolo Fiorelli	Assistant Director
Missy Moyer	Location Manager - Bluestone road site manager
John Rusk	Assistant Director
Jomo Wilson	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Karen R Jones	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Terrance Laudermilch	Sound Re-recordist - Re-recordist
Clete Ritta	Foley Mixer
Ben Cheah	Foley - foley supervisor
Skip Lievsay	Sound Editor
Andy Aaron	Sound Effects - sound effects recordist
Marissa Littlefield	ADR Editor
Marvin E Lewis	Boom Operator
Frank Kern	Foley Editor
Todd Milner	Assistant Sound Editor
Tom Fleischman	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Willie D Burton	Sound Mixer
David Boulton	ADR Mixer
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Chris Fielder	Assistant Sound Editor
Glenfield Payne	ADR Editor
Jay Peck	Foley Artist
Jennifer Ralston	Foley Editor
Kimberly R McCord	Assistant Sound Editor
Kimberly Harris	ADR Editor
Igor Nikolic	Assistant Sound Editor - Apprentice Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Tom Ward	Special Effects Coordinator
Blondel Aidoo	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Steve Rundell	Visual Effects Supervisor
Donald Robinson	Graphic Artist
Harvey Citron	Special Effects - special effects key sculptor
Pablo Ferro	Titles - title design
George Engel	Special Effects - special effects key sculptor
John Ottesen	Special Effects Coordinator
Janice Tso	Visual Effects - digital artist
Dan Giaquinto	Special Effects - special effects technician
Andy Atkins	Visual Effects - digital artist
Bill McGinley	Special Effects - special effects technician
Brian Holden	Visual Effects - digital artist
Ralph Maiers	Visual Effects - digital artist
Dan Ottesen	Special Effects - special effects technician
Matt Plec	Visual Effects - digital artist
Walter Van Lieu	Special Effects - special effects technician
Bob Scifo	Visual Effects - digital matte paintings
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Colleen Atwood	Costume Designer
Christine Leiter	Makeup Supervisor - background makeup supervisor
Johnetta Boone	Costumes - key costumer
Cha Blevins	Costume Supervisor
Fran Cook	Wardrobe - seamstress
Sharyn Cordice	Makeup Artist
Kate Fujimoto	Wardrobe Assistant - wardrobe production assistant
Carl Fullerton	Makeup - special effects make-up creator
Deborah Myles Davis	Set Costumer
Alan D'Angerio	Hair - hairstyles designer
Alan D'Angerio	Hair Stylist - Oprah Winfrey's hairstylist
Kashka Banjoko	Hair Stylist - Danny Glover's hairstylist
Neal Martz	Makeup - special effects make-up creator
Barry Kellogg	Costumes - key costumer
Peter Owen	Hair - hairstyles designer
Donna O'Neal	Set Costumer
Richard St Clair	Wardrobe - seamstress
Janus Stefanowicz	Wardrobe - seamstress
Ellie Winslow	Makeup - Oprah Winfrey's makeup
Nathan J. Busch	Hair Stylist
Mitchell Kinney	Costumes - key costumer
Mary Cook	Hair Stylist
Diane Hammond	Makeup - Danny Glover makeup
Jennie Lynn Streed	Wardrobe - seamstress
Amy Arnold	Costumes - costumer
Laura Turner	Wardrobe - seamstress
Tangi Crawford	Costumes - costumer
Todd Kleitsch	Makeup - set special effects make-up artist
Charmaine Henninger	Hair Stylist
Paul Anthony Morris	Hair Stylist
Lorraine Crossman	Costumes - costumer
Carl Fullerton	Makeup - set special effects make-up artist
Maria Vaughan	Wardrobe - seamstress
Diane Hammond	Makeup - set special effects make-up artist
Sandra Leimbacher-Weldon	Costumes - costumer
Chase McGhee	Costumes - costumer
Kathie Pierson	Costumes - costumer
Christine Wada	Costumes - costumer

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