Theatrical Release     
11/6/2009    
Director     Credit
Lee Daniels     Director
Cast     Credit
Gabourey Sidibe     Precious
Mo'Nique     Mary
Paula Patton     Ms Rain
Mariah Carey     Ms Weiss
Sherri Shepherd     Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz     Nurse John
Stephanie Andujar     Rita
Chyna Layne     Rhonda
Amina Robinson     Jermaine
Xosha Roquemore     Joann
Angelic Zambrana     Consuelo
Aunt Dot     Toosie
Nealla Gordon     Mrs. Lichenstein
Grace Hightower     Social Worker
Barrett Isaiah Mindell     Tom Cruise
Bill Sage     Mr. Wicher
Susan Taylor     Fairy Godmother
Production Credits     Credit
Asger Hussain     Associate Producer
Simone Sheffield     Co-Executive Producer
Oprah Winfrey     Executive Producer
Lee Daniels     Producer
Mark Mathis     Co-Producer
Tyler Perry     Executive Producer
Sarah Siegel-Magness     Producer
Lisa Cortes     Executive Producer
Gary Magness     Producer
Tom Heller     Executive Producer
Production Companies     Credit
Lee Daniels Entertainment     Production Company
Smokewood Entertainment Group     Production Company
Distribution Companies     Credit
Filmax International     Foreign Distribution Rights
Noble Entertainment Group Scandinavia     Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Lions Gate Releasing     Domestic Distribution Rights
Midget Entertainment     Foreign Distribution Rights
A-Film Distribution     Foreign Theatrical Distributor
ARP     Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Videorama     Foreign Distribution Rights
Icon Film Distribution (IFD)     Foreign Distribution Rights
Front Row Distributors     Foreign Distribution Rights
Locations      
New York City, New York, USA      
Writer     Credit
Damien Paul     Screenplay
Sapphire     Source Material
Accounting     Credit
Tara Andrus     Accountant
Art Department     Credit
Matteo De Cosmo     Art Director
Roshelle Berliner     Production Designer
Kelley Burney     Set Decorator
Casting     Credit
Billy Hopkins     Casting
Jessica Kelly     Casting
Film Camera     Credit
Andrew Dunn     Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing     Credit
Elephant Eye Films     Foreign Distribution Sales
Music     Credit
Eric Hirsch     Music Editor
Lynn Fainchtein     Music Supervisor
Mario Grigorov     Music
Physical Effects     Credit
Roy Farfel     Stunt Coordinator
Gene Harrison     Stunt Coordinator
Production Management     Credit
Sharon Watt     Script Supervisor
Colin Cumberbatch     Production Coordinator
Tony Hernandez     Production Manager
Chip Signore     Assistant Director
Greg Routt     Location Manager
Publicity     Credit
Reid Rosefelt     Publicity
Sound     Credit
Ken Ishii     Sound Mixer
Visual Effects     Credit
Dan Schrecker     Special Effects Supervisor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup     Credit
Toy Van Lierop     Hair Stylist - makeup department head
Marina Draghici     Costume Designer
Belinda Anderson     Makeup Artist - hair department head
 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.