Steel Magnolias (Blu-ray)

Six divas of the silver screen - Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, OlympiaDukakis and Julia Roberts - come together as bosom buddies in this hilarious and heartwarming storyof life, love and loss in a small Louisiana parish. At the center of the group is Shelby Eatenton (Julia Roberts), newly married and joyfully pregnant, despite the fact that her diabetes could make childbirth life-threatening. Terrified and angry at the possibility of losing her only daughter, MLynn Eatenton (Sally Field) looks to her four closest friends for strength and laughter as she battlesher deepest fear of death in order to join Shelby in celebrating the miracle of new life.

Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, Tom Skerritt, Sam Shepard, Dylan McDermott, Kevin O'Connor, Gladys Mallard, James Shapkoff III, Lori Tate, Oscar J. Bienvenu Jr., Bill McCutcheon, Ann Wedgeworth, Knowl Johnson, Jonathan Ward, Bibi Besch, Janine Turner, James Wlcek, Nancy Parsons, Robert Ginnaven, Tom Hodges, Rick Hurst, Norman Fletcher, Robert Adams, Carol Sutton, Spencer Henderson

Director: Raymond Stark

Rating: PG