Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [DVD video]

Playwright Siddalee Walker is on the verge of opening a new play. She gives a magazine interview in which she discusses her unhappy childhood. Her mother is furious and cuts her off. Her mother's friends, who as children formed a secret society, the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, kidnap Siddalee from her New York apartment and take her home to Louisiana. The Sisterhood hopes to explain her mother's history and to patch up the rift between mother and daughter.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.

Based on the novels "Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and "Little altars 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 ; partial filmographies of cast and crew ; theatrical trailer.

Performers:

Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner, Cherry Jones, Ashley Judd, Shirley Knight, Angus MacFadyen, Maggie Smith.

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1, widescreen (letterbox, enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.

Subject Term:

Women dramatists, American -- New York (State) -- New York.

Interviews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Kidnapping -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Mothers and daughters -- Louisiana -- Drama.

Secret societies -- Louisiana -- Drama.

Female friendship -- Drama.

Adult child abuse victims -- Louisiana -- Drama.