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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GALA AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ADDED TO THE FESTIVAL LINEUP

"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."

GALA PRESENTATION: "The Secret Life of Bees," Gina Prince-Bythewood, USA

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."

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES Opens Across the U.S. October 17th

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Wow This Movie is going to

Wow This Movie is going to be so good. Three years ago Alicia Keys was on 106 & Park and she stated that if there where any charcter she would want to play May Boatwright and I am excited to see how Queen Latifah is going to do I am excited.....

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I can't wait to see the

I can't wait to see the PURPLE HONEY referred to as the "BLACK MADONNA HONEY" This book is Great and this Movie is going to be an inspiration to all of us who have read and recommended this book to others, I know I have!

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I have read the book and as

I have read the book and as a black women in her 40's, I can imagine everyone of these actresses as the assigned characters and I hope the movie is just as great as the book! My mother and her family grew up in this same era and yes black women were all shapes and sizes...get off of that hollywood look....black women are beautiful inside and out no matter what size or shade....everyone should except yourselves as how God inteneded for us to be BEAUTIFUL and in HIS image!

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well this film will be

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!
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I just finished the book and

I just finished the book and I'm sorry, but as much as I love Queen Latifah, I just don't see her as the "queen bee" of the Pink house in 1964 South Carolina. Did the film makers not read the book. And Alicia Keys...WTF...there's no way she can play one of Boatwright sisters...too young, too skinny, too unrealistic. I've heard of artistic freedom, but come on. I don't understand why you the film makers couldn't stay true to the characters. Oh well, that's Hollywood.

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How can't you say that wait

How can't you say that wait until the movie comes out to critic it....your going off of her previous movies..Queen Latifah in chicago no one thought she was going to do that roll justice but she did. And jenifer Hudson cannot forever live in the role as Effie White...Alicia will do just fine just like the rest of the cast...

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This is really gonna suck. I

This is really gonna suck. I waited for so long for anything to happen in that book, but it never did. Plus, these actors are in no way realistic to 60ies south carolina; they're hardly black and they're all hollywood-skinny. It is many times described in the book how big rosaleen is, for example, and jennifer hudson does not nearly have that size. And she's in her twenties or something! If she supposedly took care of lily since she was three, she was what, 12, when assigned to that job? None of this makes any sense!

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Well, it makes sense to me!

Well, it makes sense to me! The movie was great regardless of "figures".

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Not everyone in the 60's was

Not everyone in the 60's was big. My mama, and aunts were skinny as rails some of them weren't and they ate good. They lived through the 60's and 70's and baby they all weren't full figured or had curves just like today no one is bulit exactly the same.

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This movie is gonna be so

This movie is gonna be so deaf! With queen latifa and alicia keys! plus i would pay any time to see dakota lip lock with a black 19 year old boy,haha,but seriously the book is amazing therefore the movie should be amazing. Our dakota is growing up but im still taller =) and older by 19 days. Gotta give credit to Sue monk Kidd considering its her 1st work of fiction and she is currently THINKING of a 2nd book. Movie comes out in october,go see it. . if dakota reads this,love to hang out =)

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I can't wait to the movie

I can't wait to the movie comes to san francisco, i loved the book!

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