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1985 Certificate 15
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Steven Spielberg's masterful adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Whoppi Goldberg (GHOST, SISTER ACT), 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. .. Read more

Starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Leonard Jackson
Director Steven Spielberg
Genres Drama

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The Color Purple

Steven Spielberg's masterful adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Whoppi Goldberg (GHOST, SISTER ACT), 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 - LETHAL WEAPON, BOPHA) 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.

Starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Leonard Jackson, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong
Director Steven Spielberg
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 28 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 28 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Collections Multi-coloured Movie Collection
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, English
Blu-ray: English
Released Production year: 1985

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    • 2 stars out of 4  

      Well-intentioned and gracious but not always dramatically cohesive generation saga from a director trying to prove he has depth.

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    • Rated - 4.5 stars  

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      Beautiful Acting

      An excellent film with superb acting. Whoopi Goldberg has exceptional depth as I have only seen her in light hearted, more 'surface' roles.

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      Beautiful movie

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      Very touching story. Amazing cast. Definitly would recomend, the only think i struggled with was a very hard going beginning. Nevertless worth watching every ... read more »

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    Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is set to return to the big screen with two Oscar-winners after signing up to star in a new movie with Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep. The TV host, who was herself nominated for an Academy Award for her role in 1985's The Color Purple, will appear in a currently-untitled new comedy created by Sex and The City writer Michael Patrick King. Winfrey, Bullock and Meryl Streep will star in the film set around a home-shopping TV channel, following the three ladies who "make Read more

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      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 ...

    • The Color Purple
      Steven Spielberg's masterful adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Whoppi Goldberg (GHOST, SISTER ACT), 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, ...