THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES:
First Photos & World Premiere News!
Fox Searchlight forwarded a press release to various media outlets today that included the news that THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES would make its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival! The press release began with the excerpt below. This is exciting news for, among others, the many fans of Sue Monk Kidd's best-selling novel!
And be sure to check out the first two photos Fox Searchlight's releasing from BEES below!
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"TORONTO: The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of two Gala Presentations and seven Special Presentations to the programming lineup for the Festival, which runs September 4 through 13. Included are works from critically acclaimed filmmakers Larry Charles, Mike Leigh, Guy Ritchie and Wong Kar-wai featuring performances by Keira Knightley, Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Thandie Newton, Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Bill Maher, Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson and Jeremy Piven. Previously announced, Waltz with Bashir is now a Special Presentation. Ticket packages for TIFF08 are now available for purchase by Visa† cardholders. Ticket packages will be available for purchase by cash, debit or Visa as of 10 a.m. on Monday, July 14, 2008. Purchase online at tiff08.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM or in person at the Festival Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance). Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday."
WORLD PREMIERE
"Based on the bestselling novel 'The Secret Life of Bees' and set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning), a 14-year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Hilarie Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Paul Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo and Alicia Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna. Secret Life of Bees is a Fox Searchlight Pictures presentation."
well this film will be awesome!
TRISTIAN IS ONLY 18 , AND I DONT THINK THEY KISS IN THE FILM! AND ALTHOUGH JENNIFER HUDSON ISNT OLD, SHES AN ACTRESS, SHELL PLAY OLDER, AND HOLLYWOOD SKINNY! BLACK WOMEN ARE THIN, AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THIN, YOU ACT AS IF THEY SHOULD BE FAT BECAUSE IT WAS 1960'S. AND UNLESS YOU WERE LIVING IN THE 1960'S HOW WOULD YOU KNOW WATS BELIEVABLE! IF YOU DONT THINK ITLL BE GOOD THEN DONT GO AND SEE IT!
SIMPLE!