03921cgm a2200685 i 4500 295993500 TxAuBib 20100310120000.0 d 100111s2010||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 031398119777 27239 Lionsgate (OCoLC)496829833 eng rda TxAuBib rda eng eng spa eng Precious [DVD] / presented by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry ; Lee Daniels Entertainment ; Smokewood Entertainment Group ; produced by Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels. Santa Monica, Calif : Lionsgate, [2010] 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Title from container. Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Special features: Audio commentary with director Lee Daniels; "From Push to Precious" featurette; "A Precious ensemble" featurette; "Oprah and Tyler: a project of passion" featurette; a conversation with Author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels; deleted scene: the incest survivor meeting; audition: Gabourey Sidibe; "Reflections on Precious" featurette; "Fluorescent Beige" featurette. Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editor, Joe Klotz ; music, Mario Grigorov. Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Sherri Shepherd. In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, and discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV-positive. MPAA rating: R; for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language. DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. 20100316. English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. Rape victims New York (State) New York Drama. African American teenage mothers New York (State) New York Drama. Overweight teenagers New York (State) New York Drama. Illiterate persons New York (State) New York Drama. Incest New York (State) New York Drama. Abused children New York (State) New York Drama. Drama. Harlem (New York, N.Y) Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings. Daniels, Lee, 1959- Kravitz, Lenny. Magness, Gary. Shepherd, Sherri, 1967- Grigorov, Mario. Fletcher, Geoffrey. Sapphire, 1950- Siegel-Magness, Sarah. Patton, Paula. Perry, Tyler. Carey, Mariah. Mo'Nique, 1967- Sidibe, Gabourey. Winfrey, Oprah, 1954- Smokewood Entertainment (Firm). Lionsgate (Firm). Lee Daniels Entertainment (Firm).