The Color Purple

Theatrical - Wide 1985-12-20

Cast Danny Glover Whoopi Goldberg Margaret Avery Oprah Winfrey Akosua Busia
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Menno Meyjes

Box Office Gross: $146,300,000

Running Time: 154 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Guber-Peters Company, Quincy Jones Productions

Genres: Drama History

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An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie’s abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing ‘Mister’ Albert Johnson, things go from... See more bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

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