The Secret Life of Bees
2008/09/17 (US) | Family, Adventure, Drama
Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and Daughters.
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Screenplay
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Director
Lead Cast
Dakota Fanning
Lily Owens
Queen Latifah
August Boatwright
Jennifer Hudson
Rosaleen Daise
Alicia Keys
June Boatwright
Sophie Okonedo
May Boatwright
Paul Bettany
T. Ray Owens
Hilarie Burton
Deborah Owens
Budget
$ 11,000,000
Revenue
$ 38,105,395
Status
Released
Production Company
- Dune Entertainment III
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- The Donners' Company
- Overbrook Entertainment
Crews
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Sue Monk Kidd
Novel
Rogier Stoffers
Director of Photography
Mark Fincannon
Casting
Camille Friend
Hair Department Head
Tommy Ray Sullivan
Gaffer