The color purple [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 116310 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2007.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodiscs (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419855093
- 9781419855092
- Color purple (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Quincy Jones.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Color pu | Checked out | 05/16/2024 | 33111009933058 | |||
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Color pu | Checked out | 05/20/2024 | 33111009933041 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple spans the years 1909 to 1949, relating the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), a Southern black woman virtually sold into a life of servitude to her brutal husband, sharecropper Albert (Danny Glover). Celie pours out her innermost thoughts in letter form to her sister Nettie (Akousa Busia), but Albert has been hiding the letters Nettie writes back, allowing Celie to assume that Nettie is dead. Finally, Celie finds a champion in the don't-take-no-guff Sofia (Oprah Winfrey), the wife of Glover's son from a previous marriage. Alas, Sofia is "humbled" when she is beaten into submission by angry whites. Later, Celie is able to forge a strong friendship with Albert's mistress Shug (Margaret Avery). Emboldened by this, Celie begins rifling through her husband's belongings and finds Nettie's letters. Able at last to stand up to her husband, Celie leaves him to search for a new life on her own. A major box-office hit, The Color Purple was nominated for eleven Oscars. The film was co-produced by Quincy Jones, who also wrote the score. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Special features include production notes, theatrical trailers.
Title from container.
Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Quincy Jones.
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey.
The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who's forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.
MPAA rating: PG-13.
DVD, Dolby Digital; stereo; widescreen.
Closed-captioned.
Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English, French and Spanish.