The Color Purple
(1985)
Synopsis
Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey star in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple. From 1909 to 1949, Celie (Goldberg--Ghosts of Mississippi), a Southern Black woman, gradually gains self-respect as she strives to educate herself and to find love--despite an abusive spouse and a society biased against her race and her sex.
Directors
Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Hayes, Menno Meyjes, Kathleen Kennedy, Quincy Jones, Peter Guber, Frank Marshall, Jon Peters, Richard Alonzo, Greg Elam, Peter Guber, Jon Peters, Steven Spielberg, Bo Welch, Linda DeScenna, Michael J. Benavente, Quincy Jones
Production year
1985
Rating
PG-13
Studio
Warner Bros.
Runtime
154 minutes
Cast
Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard Pugh