Precious

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Über-moguls Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry teamed up to produce this powerful urban tale about heartache and hope. Winning top honors at the acclaimed Sundance Film Festival, the story stars newcomer Gabourey Sidibe as Precious - an overweight, underprivileged junior high student with a nightmarish home life, dismal future and a second baby on the way. But when Precious meets a sympathetic social worker (played by a makeup-less Mariah Carey), she gets the spark of inspiration she needs to triumph over her tragic circumstances. Exceptional performances abound, including Mo'Nique as Precious' abusive, deadbeat mother.

 

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Drama / 110 mins
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    Top 10 Fun Facts


    1. That's what friends are for: newcomer Gabourey Sidibe beat out more than 400 other girls for the part of Precious when her friends convinced her to audition. She was cast just six weeks before filming began.
    2. Sidibe had previously read Sapphire's novel Push when her mother, singer Alice Tan Ridley, was approached to play Precious' mother in a production that never got off the ground.
    3. Mimi vs. The Queen: Helen Mirren was originally cast as social worker Ms. Weiss - the role that eventually earned high praise for Mariah Carey.
    4. Before winning an Oscar playing the mother of a girl named Precious, Mo'Nique herself had played a character named Precious in Shadowboxer - another film directed by Lee Daniels.
    5. Although he'd appeared as himself in Zoolander and on The Simpsons, Grammy-winner Lenny Kravitz made his dramatic acting debut as the male nurse who befriends Precious in the hospital.
    6. According to the website Box Office Mojo, Precious holds the record for second-highest grossing weekend for a movie playing at fewer than 200 theaters. Which film holds the top spot? Paranormal Activity.
    7. Director Lee Daniels chose songs for the film's soundtrack that "resonate not only in Precious's world, but speak to your soul no matter who you are." Artists on the soundtrack include Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah and Donna Allen (What, no Lenny Kravitz?).
    8. The film enjoyed a major promotional push from Oprah Winfrey - although surprisingly, Push was never an official Oprah's Book Club selection.
    9. In addition to Mo'Nique's win for Best Supporting Actress, Geoffrey S. Fletcher took home an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Editing.
    10. The film premiered at Sundance with the title Push: Based on the Novel By Sapphire, but eventually changed its name so as not to be confused with the 2009 sci-fi action flick Push, starring Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning.

    Cast


    Mo'Nique
    Paula Patton
    Mariah Carey
    Gabourey Sidibe
    Sherri Shepherd
    Lenny Kravitz
    Chyna Layne
    Nealla Gordon
    Bill Sage
    Mary
    Ms. Rain
    Ms. Weiss
    Clareece "Precious" Jones
    Cornrows
    John
    Rhonda
    Mrs. Lichenstein
    Mr. Wicher

    Crew


    Lee Daniels
    Geoffrey Fletcher
    Lisa Cortes
    Tom Heller
    Oprah Winfrey
    Tyler Perry
    Simone Sheffield
    Lee Daniels
    Mark Mathis
    Director
    Writer
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