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Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

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Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back to...

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Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures, Gaylord Films, All Girl (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Bruckheimer, Bonnie, Lowry, Hunt, Khouri, Callie, Andrus, Mark, Bullock, Sandra, Burstyn, Ellen, 1932-, Flanagan, Fionnula, 1941-, Garner, James, Jones, Cherry, 1956-, Judd, Ashley, Knight, Shirley, 1937-, MacFadyen, Angus, 1963-, Smith, Maggie, 1934-2024-, Bailey, John, 1942 Aug. 10-, Marcus, Andrew, Burnett, T-Bone, Mansfield, David, 1956-, Jones, Gary, 1947-, Wells, Rebecca
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2002.
Edition:Widescreen version (16x9 ; 2.35:1)
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Drama.
Best friends > Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.
Item Description:Based on the novels "Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and "Little alters everywhere" by Rebecca Wells.
Special features: funny, touching and juicy additional scenes; cast commentary with Ashley Judd and director/screenwriter Callie Khouri; filmmaker commentary with Khouri, executive producer Lisa Stewart, producers Bonnie Bruckheimer and Hunt Lowry, editor Andrew Marcus, and composer T-Bone Burnett; interactive Ya-Ya Sisterhood scrapbook opens to reveal tender portraits of the Ya-Ya ladies; Alison Krauss "Sitting in the window of my room" music video; unlocking the secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood chronicles the page-to-screen journey.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13 ; mature thematic elements including substance abuse/recovery, some sexual situations, language and brief violence.
Production Credits:Director of photography, John Bailey ; editor, Andrew Marcus ; music, T-Bone Burnett ; original music, David Mansfield, T-Bone Burnett ; costume designer, Gary Jones ; production designer, David J. Bomba.
ISBN:0790771985
Author Notes:Ashley Judd was born on April 19, 1968 in Granada Hills, California. She received a bachelor's degree in French from the University of Kentucky, where she minored in anthropology, art history, theater, and women's studies. She also graduated from UK's Honor's Program. She received a master's degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2009.

As an actor, she has starred in 20 films and on Broadway. Her films include Ruby in Paradise, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, and De-Lovely. On Broadway, she has played the role of Madge in the Pulitzer Prize winning play Picnic and the Maggie the Cat in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She is now a dedicated humanitarian and advocate. She has worked with numerous organizations including YouthAIDS, the Leadership Council of the International Center for Research on Women, Women for Women International, and Equality Now.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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