Description |
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital surround 5.1 or 2.0; widescreen. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. |
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Based on the novel by Alice Walker. |
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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. |
Language |
Closed-captioned. |
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Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English, French and Spanish. |
Cast |
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Quincy Jones. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
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. |
Subject |
DVDs.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Spielberg, Steven, 1946- director.
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Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
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Marshall, Frank.
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Jones, Quincy, 1933-
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Meyjes, Menno, screenwriter.
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Glover, Danny, actor.
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Caesar, Adolph, 1933-1986, actor.
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Avery, Margaret, actor.
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Chong, Rae Dawn, actor.
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Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- actor.
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Winfrey, Oprah.
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Daviau, Allen.
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Riva, J. Michael.
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Kahn, Michael.
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Walker, Alice, 1944-
Color purple.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
0790749874 |
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9780790749877 |
Standard No. |
085391831921 |
Music No. |
18319 Warner Home Video |
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