The Color Purple (1985)

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the color purple

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Color Purple

YEAR

1985

RUNNING TIME

147 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Steven Spielberg

SCREENWRITER

Menno Meyjes (Novel: Alice Walker)

COMPOSER

Quincy Jones

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Allen Daviau

CAST

Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Adolph Caesar, Akosua Busia, Laurence Fishburne, Oprah Winfrey, Rae Dawn Chong, Margaret Avery, Bennet Guillory

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment

AWARDS

1986: Nominated for BAFTA: Best Screenplay - Adapted.
1985: 11 nominations for Oscar, including Picture, Writing and Actress (Goldberg).
1985: Golden Globe: Actress. Nominated for Drama, Director, Music, Supp. actress (Winfrey).
1985: 2 National Board of Review Awards: Film, Actress.

GENRE

Drama | Melodrama. Racism. Year 1900

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

An acclaimed drama, spanning a period of forty years, in which Celie, a black girl, is mistreated by two men until suddenly a blues singer enters her life and her real self begins to emerge. The story is based on Alice Walker's Pullitzer Prize-winning novel.

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