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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.

Avery, Margaret, (actor.). Caesar, Adolph, (actor.). Chong, Rae Dawn, (actor.). Daviau, Allen. (Added Author). Glover, Danny, (actor.). Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- (actor.). Jones, Quincy, 1933- (Added Author). Kahn, Michael. (Added Author). Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954- (Added Author). Marshall, Frank. (Added Author). Meyjes, Menno, (screenwriter.). Riva, J. Michael. (Added Author). Spielberg, Steven, 1946- (director.). Walker, Alice, 1944- Color purple. (Added Author). Winfrey, Oprah. (Added Author). Warner Bros. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0790749874
  • ISBN: 9780790749877
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (153 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special edition
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Special features: Disc one: Awards notes; theatrical trailers. Disc two: 4 all-new documentaries: Conversations with the ancestors: from book to screen; A collaboration of spirits: casting and acting; The color purple: the musical; and Cultivating a classic: the making of The color purple; storyboard and photo galleries.
Title from container.
Widescreen presentation.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Quincy Jones.
Participant or Performer Note:
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby Digital surround 5.1 or 2.0.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

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