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Precious: Based on the Novel ``Push'' by Sapphire - Overview

Genre:   Drama  
Opened: Nov 06, 2009     Run Time: 1hr 49min  
Cast: Gabourey Sidibe   Monique Imes  Paula Patton   Mariah Carey        
Director: Lee Daniels   
Producer: Lee Daniels   Sarah Siegel-Magness   Gary Magness  
Executive Producer: Oprah Winfrey   Tyler Perry   Lisa Cortes  
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Precious: Based on the Novel ``Push'' by Sapphire: 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 r... Read More
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# Weeks 19
# Total Gross $47.5M
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Precious: Based on the Novel ``Push'' by Sapphire
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Noble Entertainment (Sweden)
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: A-Film Distribution (Netherlands)
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: ARP
Foreign Distribution Sales: Elephant Eye Films
Domestic Distribution Rights: Lionsgate
Foreign Distribution Rights: Filmax International
Foreign Distribution Rights: Midget Entertainment
Foreign Distribution Rights: Videorama
Foreign Distribution Rights: Icon Entertainment International
Foreign Distribution Rights: Front Row Pictures
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