[REL] The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

[ptguardian]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416212/

DiAMOND release
not mine
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[ptguardian]

not the directors cut but best quality out right now.a blu-ray rip

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[katzenjammer]

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And the directors cut, only aXXo-rip:
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[idler]

I daresay the quality is satisfying. Runtime 1:49:49.

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[popdrome]

Here's a full upgrade of Dakota's finest.

RFF https://www.rarefilmfinder.com/movie.php?id=17251
LMA https://lostmoviesarchive.com/movie/812
IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416212/

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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. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.

I wrote a review of this:

Spoiler: Sincere and sweet The natural world order is a clockwork-like mechanism of rituals and rhythms that are invisible to the naked eye. But "The Secret Life of Bees" has no mysterious eddies or agendas below its surface. Its truths are as plainspoken as the nose on your face. And if its story of a troubled young girl's coming of age and the three sisters who help her find her place in the world follows a too-familiar template, it is thoroughly generous of spirit. That the girl, played by Dakota Fanning, is white and the sisters are African-American are notable distinctions in a tale set in a civil rights-era South. And although the lessons seem slight and sometimes even elementary, this does not make them any less heartfelt or sincere. The first words out of the girl's mouth are a stunning admission: "I was 4 years old when I killed my mother." There is more to it than that; the mother was shot while struggling for a gun with the girl's father, in the girl's presence. But the crushing feelings of guilt and loss that consume the girl are compounded by the father's cruel treatment of her. And so, 10 years after her mother's death, on her 14th birthday, when a domestic who cares for her is beaten trying to register to vote, the two run away in search of the girl's mother's roots. They don't travel far, but they end up in a place so idyllic as to seem another world. It is the home of three sisters, played by Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo and Alicia Keys. And it is a honey farm tended to by Latifah, who gently dispenses homespun wisdom while teaching Fanning the craft of beekeeping. In a more realistic film, police would be searching for Fanning and the domestic, played by Jennifer Hudson. But this is a safe harbor and sanctuary, and harm touches them only if they leave it. Leave it they do, and touch them it eventually does, compounding Fanning's sense of guilt. But even as it does, the small details of each character's life are allowed to unfold piecemeal, like bread crumbs leading the way along a path toward forgiveness and reconciliation. "Bees" was adapted from the novel by Sue Monk Kidd and "Love & Basketball" writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood. And while it has a period and rural naturalism and explores themes of remembrance, sisterhood and racial tolerance, the film's strength is in its subtly powerful performances. Latifah conveys a distinctive Mother Earth-like aura of authority and integrity. Okonedo, who was in "Hotel Rwanda," conveys childlike simplicity. And Keys, the singer who also was in "The Nanny Diaries," personifies the defiance of a changing era. While Fanning's character is superficially a variation on the rape victim she played in "Hounddog," her mature performance is the window to an inner life that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye.

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[Night457]

Someone does.

ptguardian opened the thread on Jan 22, 2009 with

DiAMOND release
not mine
dmd-bees.avi [700.23 Mb]

I also found this same hash in an eMule search, so it is still "current" (but not downloading for me right now) and going by a different title:

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Since it is an .avi, the file length is listed in the search -- 1:53:50.
This is the director's cut.

Then on page 2, ptguardian released a blu-ray rip that is "not the director's cut".

Then on April 05, 2009, katzenjammer followed up with

And the directors cut, only aXXo-rip:
The.Secret.Life.Of.Bees[2008][Director's.Cut]DvDrip-aXXo.[sharethefiles.com].avi [701.01 Mb]

This same hash is currently found in an eMule search under this title:

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This one IS currently downloading for me.

idler was not sure it was actually the Director's Cut:

Not really. This version has exactly the length as ptguardian's post from January, 22nd - 1:53:50.

But that IS the DC. The theatrical is 1:49:49.

The movie has been released both on DVD and Blu-ray with both cuts.

In January 2009, Quickone said he has both versions of the film, yet he was the one asking what the differences were. (You quoted this post, emuler.) Quickone, I see you were still active at FLM in May of this year. Are you still here? Did you ever compare the 2 versions to figure out the differences? Is it indeed only slightly extended shots and a few additional lines of dialog? Or do we get non-stop profanity, graphic violence and nudity?

Or more likely, even if you DID compare them, I think it likely after 12 years that you do not remember the differences. I know that I would not after that long of a time.

ANYWAYS ... the DC is out there, even if it is in outdated quality. I do not have popdrome's latest upgrade yet, so I don't know which version it is. (popdrome, are you there? Can you say which?) Historically speaking, there are some FLM members who had the DC. And (ahem) it is the old-timers who have asked about the differences! Well guys, have you watched this more than once in the past 12 years? Did you compare?

I am just a Newbie to FLM and to this title, so I don't even know if it is any good. The only movies I can even think of with the lead actress are something with Sean Penn (didn't see it), something with Tom Cruise (will never see that) and The Dakota Fanning Rape Movie. I was too traumatized by that to check out any of her other movies until now. I am hoping this one is at least a little less harsh.

[deadman]

An FLM classic, starring 13-year-old Dakota Fanning. This of course is the longer Director's Cut: 1h 53m 51s in length. If you want to know exactly what's in it that is different from the theatrical version go here: https://www.first-loves.net/forums/view ... =20#p87281 (thanks Night457!).

I included the English, French, and Spanish subs from the disc. They are off by default because the soundtrack is in English - but these are the type that appear in different parts of the screen depending on who's talking, to be as close as possible to the character saying the words, which I think is neat. Anyway ... enjoy this wonderful film!


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