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The Color Purple

Cast

Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey View All


Crew

Steven Spielberg (Director), Menno Meyjes (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 18th, 1985
Runtime: 2 hours, 34 minutes
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa. Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
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Iroquois
These often involving the protagonist temporarily escaping their circumstances or focus on another character of greater endurance standing up to injustice in a way that the protagonist just can't (the prime example is Winfrey's character, whose mainly serves as a stronger and more independent foil t....
Gideon58
Steven Spielberg shocked Hollywood when he decided to bring The Color Purple to the screen in 1985 and what resulted was a controversial and emotionally charged epic spanning almost 30 years that riveted this reviewer to the screen thanks to a richly complex screenplay carefully crafted for the scr....


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