Precious
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lee Daniels
Gabourey Sidibe
Paula Patton
Mariah Carey
Sherri Shepherd
Lenny Kravitz
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece "Precious" Jones, a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakeable sense that other possibilities exist for her. Threatened with expulsion, Precious is offered the chance to transfer to an alternative school, Each One/Teach One. Precious doesn't know the meaning of "alternative," but her instincts tell her this is the chance she has been waiting for. In the literacy workshop taught by the patient yet firm Ms. Rain, Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination.
Director
Lee Daniels
Cast
Gabourey Sidibe
Paula Patton
Mariah Carey
Sherri Shepherd
Lenny Kravitz
Stephanie Lee Andujar
Chyna Layne
Amina Robinson
Xosha Roquemore
Angelic Zambrana
Aunt Dot
Nealla Gordon
Grace Hightower
Barrett Isaiah Mindell
Bill Sage
Susan Taylor
Kimberly Russell
Kendall Toombs
Alexander Toombs
Cory Davis
Rochelle Mcnaughton
Roy Anthony Tarell Harvey
Abigail Savage
Rodney Jackson
Linda Watson
Emani Reid
Dashawn Robinson
Ashley Livingston
Maurizio Arseni
Chazz Menendez
Roy T Anderson
Quishay Powell
Vivien Eng
Silje Vallevik
Matt Bralow
Shayla Stewart
Erica Faye Watson
Ephraim Benton
Shortee Red
Tim Allen
Nigel Joaquin
Esley Tate
Guido Decurtis
Frank Decurtis
Tom Delillo
Crew
Peter Agliata
Donna Allen
Jessica Allen
Belinda Anderson
Tara Andrus
Tim Antwine
Frank Appedu
Adam Avitabile
Colleen Bachman
Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Rick Bartholomy
Edward Battista
Derek Beacher
Jameica V Bennett
Roshelle Berliner
Sarah Berney
Leonard Bernstein
Adam Bessah
Charlie Beyer
John Billeci
Derek Bird
Mirashyam Blakeslee
Mary Blanchard
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Dana Bloder
Raymond Bloodworth
Melissa Bostian
Leah Bostic
Brian Bowles
Brian Bowles
Steve Boyle
Da Brat
Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown
Desiree Brown
L Russell Brown
Mike Burke
Kelley Burney
Jerry Butler
Steve Calitri
Nicole Callender
Carol Campbell
George Campbell
Vince Camuto
Jwaundace Candece
Christian Cardona
Jean Carn
Jeff Caron
Andrew Casey
Al Castellanos
Robert Castillo
Andrew Cavagnet
Rashad Clinton
Dominick Cocuzzo
Ray Colcord
Ryan Collinson
Carol Compton
Linda Conlon
John Coots
Lisa Cortes
Lisa Cortes
Howard Cournoyer
Bob Crewe
Reginald Crute
Louis Cruz
Colin Cumberbatch
Trenton Dallas
Lee Daniels
Leah Daniels-butler
Matteo De Cosmo
Tomas Deckaj
Louise Decurtis
Peter Decurtis
Anne Marie Dentici
Kesho Desouza
Reno Devivo
John K Donohue
John K Donohue
Joe Doughan
Marina Draghici
Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn
Kenneth Edmonds
Emman England
James Ervin
Kristen Everman
Lynn Fainchtein
Roy Farfel
Tom Fatone
Steve Faughnan
Gavin Fernandez
Robert Fernandez
Stanley Fernandez Jr.
Tre Ferrell
Jim Ferris
Henrik Fett
Trayce Field
Geoffrey Fletcher
Jill Flowers
Kevin Flynn
Peter Fonda
Rori Fortier
Jenny Foster
Anne Marie Fox
Samuel Friedman
Sunny Gale
Mike Gallart
Kenneth Gamble
Damaris Gandy
Eugene Gearty
Anika Gibbons
Patrick D. Gibbons
Marla Gibbs
Matt Healey Giordano
Chris Godfrey
Mack Gordon
Catherine Gore
Quincy Gow
Jonathan Gray
George Grenier
Mario Grigorov
Anguibe Guindo
Matt Haasch
Elizabeth Hanley
James Harris
Gene Harrison
Joanna Hartell
Rich Hebrink
Robert Hein
Robert Hein
Tom Heller
Nona Hendryx
Diane Henry
Omar Hernandez
Tony Hernandez
Grace Hightower
Tracey Hinds
Eric Hirsch
Valerie Hoffman
Billy Hopkins
Morgan Howard
Mike Howells
Leon Huff
Kristyn Hume
Asger Hussain
Ken Ishii
Christopher Ivins
Kenyatta Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
Mark James
Michael Viftrup Jensen
Bobby Johanson
Eric Johnson
Janet S Jones
Brad Kalinoski
Paul Kang
Barbara Jean Kearney
Jessica Kelly
Jim Kelly
Anne Kenney
Daniel C. Kim
Bradley Klipp
Joe Klotz
Chris Kocses
Rubin Kodheli
Denny Kortze
Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Dan Kubicek
Peter Kunz
Tom Landi
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Christine Leaman
Kristina Lee
Kurt Lennig
Eric Leverenz
Terry Lewis
Charles Libin
Monique Link
Larry Loewinger
Zakiya Lucas
Jonathan Lumley
Anthony Mabin
Gary Magness
Derek Manganelli
Dan Manjovi
Cisco Marcial
Stephanie Marquardt
Edgar Martin
Mark Mathis
Rafael Matos
Michelle J Mayas
Leroy Mccarthy
Carlton Mcclarence
Rob Mcentegart
Nicola Mckenzie
Chuck Mcwhorter
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner of the TCM Audience Award and winner of the TVE-Another Look Award at the 2009 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Nominated for the 2009 award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film by the Directors Guild of America (DGA).
Voted one of the 10 best films of 2009 by the American Film Institute (AFI).
Winner of five 2009 Spirit Awards including Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, Best Female Lead (Gabourey Sidibe) and Best Supporting Female (Mo'Nique) by Film Independent (FIND).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Actress (Mo'Nique) by the London Critics' Circle.
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) by the National Society of Film Critics (NSFC).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) by the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC).
Winner of the 2009 award for Breakthrough Performance by an Actress (Gabourey Sidibe) by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Winner of the 2009 award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Mo'Nique); also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Gabourey Sidibe) and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
Winner of the 2009 Orange Award for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival.
Winner of the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
Winner of three 2009 Satellite Awards including Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mo'Nique), Outstanding New Talent (Gabourey Sidibe) and Best Screenplay, Adapted by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Winner of three awards including the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and the Special Jury Prize for Acting (Mo'Nique) at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Winner of two 2009 awards including Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) and Best Breakthrough Performance (Gabourey Sidibe) by the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).
Winner of two 2009 awards including Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) and co-winner for Best Ensemble Cast by the Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC).
Released in United States Fall November 6, 2009
Limited Release in United States November 6, 2009
Released in United States on Video March 9, 2010
Released in United States 2009
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States September 2009
Released in United States October 2009
Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 25-April 5, 2009.
Shown at New York Film Festival (Centerpiece) September 25-October 11, 2009.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Competition) September 4-13, 2009.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi-Pearls) September 18-26, 2009.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Audience Award Winners) October 1-16, 2009.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Festival Centerpiece) October 8-22, 2009.
Based on the novel "Push" written by Sapphire and published by Knopf on June 11, 1996.
Lionsgate acquired domestic distribution rights at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall November 6, 2009
Limited Release in United States November 6, 2009
Released in United States on Video March 9, 2010
Co-winner of the Jury Prize at the 2009 Deauville Festival of American Cinema.
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 25-April 5, 2009.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at New York Film Festival (Centerpiece) September 25-October 11, 2009.)
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Dramatic Competition) January 15-25, 2009.)
Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Competition) September 4-13, 2009. )
Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi-Pearls) September 18-26, 2009.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Audience Award Winners) October 1-16, 2009.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Festival Centerpiece) October 8-22, 2009.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Galas) October 30-November 7, 2009.)
