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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Steven Spielberg |
| Stars: |
Danny Glover |
| Actors: |
Adolph Caesar |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Family Interaction · Tear Jerker · Battered Women · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
085391163107 |
| Release Date: |
1985 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 34min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 34min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (March 27, 1997)
UPC: 085391153429 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 34min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (April 24, 1991)
UPC: 085391153436 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Menno Meyjes |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/01/1985, p.135-6, Richard Combs): "...Remarkably faithful in incident and detail to Alice Walker's original..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Steven Spielberg's masterful adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Whoppi Goldberg, in her impressive screen debut, as Celie, a sharecropper's daughter living in rural Georgia. The film opens in 1909 when Celie is a young girl, a victim of incest, pregnant with her father's child. Ugly and unloved, separated from her children and her sister, Celie's only option is marriage to an abusive, philandering husband (Danny Glover) who treats her little better than a slave. Her life changes forever when her husband brings his mistress, a beautiful blues singer named Shug (Margaret Avery), into the house. THE COLOR PURPLE was also the film debut for Oprah Winfrey, who beautifully plays Celie's sister-in-law, Sofia. THE COLOR PURPLE was nominated for 11 Academy Awards (including one each for Goldberg, Avery, and Winfrey) but surprisingly won no Oscars, and although the film was nominated for a Best Picture award, Spielberg was snubbed by the academy and was not nominated for Best Director. |
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