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.
MPAA rating: PG-13 ; mature thematic elements including substance abuse/recovery, some sexual situations, language and brief violence.|||general
Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Gaylord Films, an All Girl production ; producers, Bonnie Bruckheimer, Hunt Lowry ; screenplay writer, Callie Khouri ; adaptation by Mark Andrus ; director, Callie Khouri.
Based on the novels "Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and "Little alters everywhere" by Rebecca Wells.
Special features: 8 additional scenes ; cast commentary with Ashley Judd and director/screenwriter Callie Khouri ; filmmaker commentary with Callie Khouri, executive producer Lisa Stewart, producers Bonnie Bruckheimer and Hunt Lowry, editor Andrew Marcus and composer T Bone Burnett ; "Unlocking the Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" featurette (14 min.) ; "Ya-Ya Sisterhood scrapbook" featurette ; Alison Krauss "Sitting in the window of my room" music video.
Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner, Cherry Jones, Ashley Judd, Shirley Knight, Angus MacFadyen, Maggie Smith.
DVD, region 1; standard version; Dolby Digital 5.1.
English or French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles.
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.
