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 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 chronicles the page-to-screen journey, Ya-Ya Sisterhood scrapbook; Alison Krauss "Sitting in the window of my room" music video; theatrical trailer; cast/director film highlights.

Director of photography, John Bailey ; editor, Andrew Marcus ; music, T-Bone Burnett ; original music, David Mansfield, T-Bone Burnett.

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

Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.

MPAA rating: PG-13 ; mature thematic elements including substance abuse/recovery, some sexual situations, language and brief violence.

DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital surround.

English and French language tracks; English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.