The Color Purple = La couleur pourpre

Spielberg, Steven, 1946- (Added Author). Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954- (Added Author). Marshall, Frank. (Added Author). Jones, Quincy, 1933- (Added Author). Meyjes, Menno. (Added Author). Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- (Added Author). Glover, Danny. (Added Author). Winfrey, Oprah. (Added Author). Caesar, Adolph, 1933-1986 (Added Author). Avery, Margaret. (Added Author). Chong, Rae Dawn. (Added Author). Walker, Alice -- 1944- Color purple. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey. (Cast).

Summary: An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novel by Alice Walker. Videodisc release of the 1985 motion picture by Warner Brothers. Special features: cast; production notes; awards; theatrical trailers; film flash.
Formatted Contents Note:	side A. Feature film -- side B. Special features.
Restrictions on Access Note:	For private home use only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Quincy Jones ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; production designer, G. Michael Riva ; director of photography, Allen Daviau.
Participant or Performer Note:	Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13. CHV rating: 14A.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, double-sided disc, widescreen; Dolby digital surround 5.1, Dolby digital surround stereo.
Language Note:	Dialogue in English, with optional French soundtrack, and optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Golden Globes, 1985: Best Actress (Drama) (Goldberg) ; Director's Guild of America, 1985: Best Director (Spielberg).