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Lionsgate announced that it will release Tyler Perry's 'For Colored Girls' on Nov. 5 instead of its original launch date during Martin Luther King weekend in 2011.
The move, which would put the film in a good position to snag year-end awards consideration, also continues Perry's streak of releasing at least one film per year since 2005.
"It's a serious film that really lends itself to the fall period. From talking with exhibitors, I know they're really excited to have another Tyler Perry film this year," said David Spitz, Lionsgate's executive vice president and general sales manager.
'For Colored Girls' is based on Ntozake Shange's award-winning 1975 play of the same name. The story consists of a series of poems performed through a cast of nameless women known only by a color. The characters deal with subjects such as love, abandonment, rape and abortion.
The cast includes Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, Phylicia Rashad, Macy Gray, Tessa Thompson, Michael Ealy, Hill Harper, Khalil Kain, Omari Hardwick and Richard Lawson.
Competing against the film on Nov. 5 will be the Paramount-DreamWorks Animation 3-D toon 'Megamind,' starring Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Brad Pitt, and Warner Bros.' Todd Phillips-directed 'Due Date,' with Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan and Jamie Foxx.
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By: Jannifer Simpson on 9/03/2010 1:51PM
Bill, I feel sorry for you. It's because of people like you and your mentality that we as a people have a hard time moving forward, but don't get it twisted, we are moving forward and that's what you and people like you can't deal with. When I say people like you, I'm talking about people with small minds. Grow up!
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By: Janet on 9/05/2010 3:10PM
Oh Bill, you are such a funny little creature, with your funny little comments..LMAO..just one question for you little man. How long were you in the funny farm and when did you get out?, just so you know, the times ah changing and there is not a darn thing you can do to stop it..Sucks to be you.
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By: gwendolyn on 9/06/2010 4:53AM
I'm sure the movie will be a great success like most of his work. Congratulation Tyler
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By: Shadow Mihai on 9/09/2010 8:05PM
This release coincides with the return of the original play on November 11 to the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Los Angeles, where it broke attendance records (the theatre was called the Huntington Hartford then). People should see the play before the film - or at least compare it! Information about the play, starring Grammy Winner Shanice Wilson and Emmy Nominee Regina Williams, can be seen at visartsociety.org/fcg
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By: SCOTLAND10 on 10/25/2010 11:38AM
The original production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf has been out on DVD for years and is available for purchase from www.kultur.com,
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The DVD Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf Staring Alfre Woodard, Lynn Whitfield and Ntozake Shange is available now.
Oscar Nominee and Emmy-Winner Alfre Woodard and Lynn Whitfield celebrate in song, poetry and dance their strength, beauty and enormous capacity for love. This Explosive, vivid “choreopoem” illuminates the story and struggle of black women in America. The seven women comprising the cast, including author Ntozake Shange , share with the viewer their exuberance for life and their ability to begin again, no matter how ridiculous the odds
“A play that should be seen, savored and treasured” The New York Times
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