Beloved 1998

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 171 min

genre: horror

theme: psychological horror

director: Jonathan Demme

Score: 4 / 10

Beloved is a 1998 American Gothic psychological horror drama film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandiwe Newton. Based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name, the plot centers on a former slave after the American Civil War, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter. This was the first film produced by Harpo Films.

Plot

Sethe is a former slave living on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio shortly after the Civil War. An angry poltergeist residing in the family home terrorizes her and her three children, causing two of them to run away forever.

Awards

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Cast

More details

author	Adam Brooks Akosua Busia Richard LaGravenese Toni Morrison
award	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
contentLocation	Ohio
director	Jonathan Demme
editor	Andy Keir Carol Littleton
events	slavery in the United States supernatural
genre	drama historical horror
keywords	american civil war assault breast milk civil war dead daughter exorcism family home former slave hang horrify keloid newspaper clipping old friend one night plantation plantations in the american south poltergeist pray reincarnate reincarnation run away saved from hanging search sing slave suffer understand young woman
musicBy	Rachel Portman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Costume Design NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design Satellite Award for Best Cinematography Satellite Award for Best Costume Design Satellite Award for Best Editing Satellite Award for Best Original Score
producer	Edward Saxon Gary Goetzman Jonathan Demme Kate Forte Oprah Winfrey
productionCompany	Clinica Estetico Harpo Films Touchstone Pictures
publisher	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
recordedAt	Delaware
theme	psychological horror race and ethnicity