Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	June 27, 2012 (Limited)
On DVD:	December 4, 2012
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Benh Zeitlin
Writer:	Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Cast:	Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry
Studio:	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Running Time:	93 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for some disturbing images, brief sensuality, language, child imperilment and thematic material

In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny...

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Nominated for four Oscars including Best Director and Best Picture, Beasts of the Southern Wild has come out nowhere with its story of survival, courage and tough love. Though undeserving of its award nominations, Beasts is still an engaging movie that focuses on a part of America rarely seen.

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