Movie Description
Some intense female-led drama unfolds on this double-feature.
DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD: Sidda Walker (Sandra Bullock), who is high on life--about to marry Connor (Angus MacFadyen) and flushed with success because her new play is about to open on Broadway--gives an unguarded interview to TIME Magazine. After reading the interview, Sidda's mother, Vivi (Ellen Burnstein), is so livid that she disowns Sidda, takes down her pictures, and refuses to attend her daughter's wedding. Trying to heal the rift between mother and daughter, Vivi's best friends, Caro (Maggie Smith), Teensy (Fionnula Flanagan), and Necie (Shirley Knight), go to New York, take Sidda to dinner, slip her a Mickey Finn, and spirit her off to Louisiana.
WHITE OLEANDER, the Janet Fitch novel made famous on Oprah's Book Club, is the tale of an intense and toxic mother-daughter relationship, coupled with a look at the fundamentally skewed U.S. foster care system. When the beautiful photographer Ingrid Magnusson (Michelle Pfeiffer) is imprisoned for allegedly murdering a philandering boyfriend, her daughter Astrid (Alison Lohman) does her best to survive a string of foster homes where natural adolescent mistakes turn into land mines. Her first stop is the home of a born-again Christian, Starr (Robin Wright Penn, who is so good in this part she's physically unrecognizable.) Next, she is sent to the home of a clinically depressed actress, Claire Richards (Renee Zellweger, whose natural effervescence is delightfully disturbing here.) Claire uses Astrid to fill the void left by a roaming husband (Noah Wyle). Astrid juggles her list of changing homes with visits to Mommy Dearest in prison, while suffering flashbacks of the alleged murder.
| Credits | | Cast: | Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger, Sandra Bullock |
Notes
DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YAYA SISTERHOOD:
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Music Video - 1. "Sitting in the Window of My Room" by Alison Kraus
Audio Commentary - 1. Ashley Judd - Star, Callie Khouri - Director
2. Callie Khouri - Director, Lisa Stewart - Executive Producer, Bonnie Bruckheimer - Producer, Andrew Marcus - Editor, T-Bone Burnett - Composer, Hunt Lowry - Producer
Featurette - 1. HBO FIRST LOOK
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Galleries:
Stills/Photos
WHITE OLEANDER
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes - 1. Bravo Special - The Making of White Oleander
2. HBO First Look - The Journey of White Oleander
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