03165cgm a2200589 4500 546543418 TxAuBib 20100324120000.0 110825s2010||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 27239 Lionsgate TxAuBib Precious [video (DVD)] / Lionsgate in association with Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry present a Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Group production ; produced by Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels. Widescreen. Santa Monica, Calif : Lionsgate, 2010. 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire. Special features include: audio commentary with Lee Daniels; From Push to Precious featurette; A Precious ensemble featurette; Oprah and Tyler : a project of passion featurette; a conversation with Sapphire and Lee Daniels; deleted scene: the incest survivor meeting; audition: Gabourey Sidibe; Reflections on Precious featurette. Academy Awards, USA, 2010: Oscar - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Mo'Nique). Costume designer, Marina Draghici ; production designer, Roshelle Berliner ; music, Mario Grigorov ; editor, Joe Klotz ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn. Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey Sidibe. Precious Jones, an inner-city high school girl, is illiterate, obese, and pregnant. Naive and abused, Precious responds to a glimmer of hope when a door is opened by an alternative-school teacher. MPAA rating: R; for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language. 20100324. n English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish; closed-captioned. 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. Abused children New York (State) New York Drama. Rape victims New York (State) New York Drama. Incest New York (State) New York Drama. Harlem (New York, N.Y) Drama. Feature films. Melodramas (Motion pictures.) Winfrey, Oprah. Perry, Tyler. Daniels, Lee. Magness, Gary. Siegel-Magness, Sarah. Fletcher, Geoffrey. Mo'Nique. Patton, Paula. Carey, Mariah. Shepherd, Sherri. Kravitz, Lenny. Sidibe, Gabourey. Sapphire. Push. Lionsgate (Firm). Lee Daniels Entertainment (Firm). Smokewood Entertainment Group (Firm). TXGAI