The Color Purple (1985)

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Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring (View all)

Danny Glover
Albert

Whoopi Goldberg
Celie Johnson

Margaret Avery
Shug Avery

Oprah Winfrey
Sofia

Willard E. Pugh
Harpo Johnson

Akosua Busia
Nettie Harris

Desreta Jackson
Young Celie Harris

Adolph Caesar
Old Mister Johnson

Written by

Alice Walker
(novel)

Menno Meyjes
(screenplay)

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Fantastic

11 years, 9 months ago at Apr 26 4:58

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2 votes

Usually when it comes to novels being adapted to film I pick out all the faults and am thoroughly disappointed but in this case I think it was done beautifully. Even Whoopi Goldberg (who I don't usually like) played the part of Celie perfectly. Most of the detail was included too. The only problem was the length of it (I do have a short attention span though) but I believe that if they had of cut ... read more

did you say Spielberg?

10 years, 8 months ago at Apr 27 16:37

doudouce55

2 votes

A lot of people may not know that this was directed by Spielberg. I know I didn’t, when I watched it, so I was surprised.
However, I’m not surprised that he would pull off such a great direction with then relatively unknown actors like Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg; their performances are impressively emotional.

This film proves that Spielberg doesn’t ... read more

An average movie

2 years, 3 months ago at Sep 23 10:57

johanlefourbe

2 votes

I already saw this movie but since it was such a long time ago, I was quite eager to check it out again. Well, even though it was heralded when it was released, it was even nominated for 11 Academy Awards (it won none eventually) and even though it was loved by many viewers, to be honest, I thought the whole thing was actually rather disappointing and this re-watch didn’t change my mind at all... read more

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Description: Steven Spielberg's gentle film is a masterful adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a southern black girl's rise from tragedy to personal triumph through the course of her lifetime. The acting in the film is superb, including terrific performances by Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, and Adolph Caesar. 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, p ... (more)

Release date: 7 February 1986
UPC: 085391153429

Tags: Drama (19), Racism (7), Friendship (7), (7), Domestic Violence (7), 1980s (6), 1985 (6), Based On Novel (6), Incest (6), Rape (6), Poverty (5), Historical (5), Based On Book (5), Slavery (3), Sexual Abuse (3), Letters (2), Racial Slur (2), Africa (2), Curse (2), Lesbian (2)

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