Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Darnell Martin

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Actor: Halle Berry, Lorraine Toussaint, Michael Ealy, Nicki Micheaux, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Director: Darnell Martin
Brand: Disney
Producer: David Salzman
Producer: Kate Forte
Producer: Matthew Carlisle
Writer: Bobby Smith Jr.
Writer: Misan Sagay
Writer: Suzan-Lori Parks
Writer: Zora Neale Hurston
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

DVD Reviews of Their Eyes Were Watching God

DVD Review: Wonderful Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars

I first saw this movie on HBO some years ago and I just simply loved it. The way that Halle Berry's character grows up being such a loving woman who does not allow herself to become what any other person wants her to be in her life. This black woman cherishes every moment in her life and she accepts so many different challenges in her life...whew!.. just a movie that you have got to experience for yourself. I still love it after watching it on HBO, buying the book and now actually owning the dvd.

DVD Review: The book is better, great selection of actors for characterization
Summary: 3 Stars

The book is much better. The movie does a great job of selecting the right actors for the roles. Janie, Killicks, and Jody look what I had imagined from the book. But the book seems to skim over the issues and conflicts from the novel. This is probably due to the nature of the story: not all stories can easily be converted to cinema. Halle Berry was a great choice.

I recommend the film for students who want to visualize what Janie was like, as well as other characters. But the film doesn't deliver the emotional message that the book does. So see the DVD as an adjunct to the book.

DVD Review: LOVE IT!
Summary: 5 Stars

im so glad to finally have it on dvd, now i cant throw away my vhs tape of this, yaaaaay!

DVD Review: Great movie, good story
Summary: 5 Stars

Having read the book years ago, and seeing this movie when it came out, I definitely wanted to add this DVD to my collection. Halle Berry is great in this role, and the cast around her are very good as well. This is a great Zora Neale Hurston love story.

DVD Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a really good movie. It's one of those movies that you can watch over and over.

Description of Their Eyes Were Watching God

Oprah Winfrey Presents THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, the story of a remarkable and resilient woman's quest for love and fulfillment based on the best-selling book by Zora Neale Hurston. Academy Award(R) winner Halle Berry (Best Actress 2003, MONSTERS BALL) stars as the beautiful Janie Crawford, who embarks on an emotional and dramatic journey of self-discovery. Refusing to compromise in spite of society's expectations, Janie endures two stifling marriages until finally finding love in a passionate romance with a much younger man. In one of the greatest, most lyrical love stories ever written, Janie experiences all that life has to offer, from unbelievable triumph to unspeakable heartbreak. Be inspired again and again by this timeless story of passion, romance, and the spirit of true love. ~

Produced by Oprah Winfrey, this lush, yet earthy telefilm was adapted from the 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston. Set in rural Florida, the story begins several years after emancipation. Janie (a soulful Halle Berry) is a dreamy-eyed teenager, who never knew her parents. She was raised by the bitter Nanny (Ruby Dee), an ex-slave, who marries her off to an older man the minute she gets the chance. Mr. Killicks works Janie like a dog, but leaves her alone otherwise (he's abusive in the book). Then Janie meets the courtly Joe (Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues), who whisks her away from the muck to the black township of Eatonville. The two proceed to transform the town from a patch of dirt into a real community. Along the way, Joe becomes mayor and Janie a mere helpmate. Except for her friend Phoeby (Nicki Micheaux), the townspeople confuse her sadness for conceit and she ends up lonelier than ever. Twenty years later, Joe dies and Janie takes up with the younger Tea Cake (Michael Ealy, Barbershop). Much like the other literary adaptations with which she's been associated (The Color Purple, Beloved, etc.), this Oprah production boasts an impressive line-up of African-American talent, including Terrence Howard (Crash) as the covetous Amos. A mostly successful mix between suds and substance, Their Eyes Were Watching God, which premiered on ABC, was directed by Darnell Martin, co-written by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan Lori-Parks, and graced with a classy score by frequent Spike Lee collaborator Terence Blanchard. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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