The Color Purple
DVD - 2007 DVD Drama Color None on shelf 1 request on 1 copy
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Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Special features include cast biographies, production notes, awards, theatrical trailers.
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Akosua Busia, Willard Pugh.
The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who is forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.
DVD, region 1; widescreen version; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (English), surround stereo (French).
Contents: Color purple.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Summary / AnnotationCOMMUNITY REVIEWS
Lovly submitted by smr on July 8, 2020, 11:13am Lovely purper
A classic submitted by amyrusch on June 17, 2022, 8:18am The storyline is moving, the directing powerful, and it was interesting to see the early acting of famous Hollywood names like Whoopi and Oprah.
Spielberg messes up the ending submitted by SaraP on July 25, 2022, 2:38pm A beautiful movie, but he Hollywoods the ending to make it more accessible.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1419855093
9781419855092
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
Marshall, Frank.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Meyjes, Menno.
Glover, Danny.
Caesar, Adolph, d. 1986.
Avery, Margaret.
Chong, Rae Dawn.
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950-
Winfrey, Oprah.
Busia, Akosua.
Pugh, Willard.
Walker, Alice, 1944-
Warner Bros.
Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
Guber-Peters Company.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
African American women -- Drama.
Sisters -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.