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  1. Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

    Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

    R2009 · Drama · 1h 49m

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  1. Precious. (film) Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, alongside Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri ...

    • $63.6 million
    • Mario Grigorov
    • $10 million
  2. Precious is a grim yet ultimately triumphant film about abuse and inner-city life, largely bolstered by exceptional performances from its cast. Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16 ...

    • (13)
    • Lee Daniels
    • R
    • Gabourey Sidibe
  3. Nov 20, 2009 · Precious: Directed by Lee Daniels. With Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey. In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.

    • (115K)
    • Drama
    • Lee Daniels
    • 2009-11-20
  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Push_(novel)Push (novel) - Wikipedia

    ISBN. 978-0-679-76675-9. Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996, the novel was made into the 2009 film Precious, which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards .

    • 177 (story until 140, then class book)
    • Sapphire
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  6. Learn more about the full cast of Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide

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  7. Nov 6, 2009 · Precious (Push Movie Tie-in Edition)By SapphirePaperback, 192 pagesVintageList Price: $13. Read An Excerpt. Even though the film Precious packs quite a wallop, the gritty realism of the novel upon ...

  8. Nov 4, 2009 · Precious has shut down. She avoids looking at people, she hardly ever speaks, she's nearly illiterate. Inside her lives a great hurt, and also her child, conceived in a rape. She is fat. Her clothes are too tight. School is an ordeal of mocking cruelty. Home is worse. Her mother, defeated by life, takes it out on her daughter. After Precious is raped by her father, her mother, is angry not at ...

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