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The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Directed By Steven Spielberg
Screenplay By Menno Meyjes
Cast Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey
Produced By Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
Cinematography By Allen Daviau
Film Editing By Michael Kahn
Music By Quincy Jones
Studio Amblin Entertainment
Distributed By Warner Bros. Pictures
Country United States
Language English
Release Date December 18, 1985
Runtime 154 Minutes
Rating PG-13
Budget $15,000,000
Gross $98,467,863


Plot

Cast

  • Whoopi Goldberg as Celie Harris Johnson
  • Danny Glover as Albert Johnson
  • Oprah Winfrey as Sofia
  • Margaret Avery as Shug Avery
  • Akosua Busia as Nettie Harris
  • Adolph Caesar as Old Mister
  • Willard Pugh as Harpo Johnson
  • Rae Dawn Chong as Squeak
  • Larry Fishburne as Swain
  • Dana Ivey as Miss Millie
  • Leon Rippy as Store Clerk
  • Bennet Guillory as Grady
  • James Tillis as Henry "Buster" Broadnax
  • Desreta Jackson as Young Celie Harris
  • Leonard Jackson as Alphonso "Pa" Harris
  • Howard Starr as Young Harpo Johnson
  • Lelo Masamba as Olivia Johnson

Production

Reception

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