Edition |
[Blu-ray version, Widescreen format]. |
Description |
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. color. rdacc |
Description |
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 rda |
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video file Blu-Ray region A rda |
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Motion picture. |
System Details |
Blu-ray; 1080p High Definition; DTS-HD Master Audio in English; Dolby Digital 2.0 in French and Spanish (Castillian 2.0 and Latin 1.0). |
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This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. |
Language |
Soundtrack in English, French, and Spanish; subtitles in French and Spanish. |
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Subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Note |
Title and credits from container. |
Cast |
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Quincy Jones; production designer, J. Michael Riva. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Alice Walker. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. |
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Booklet is bound into container. |
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Canadian home video rating: 14A. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
Summary |
Celie, a poor African-American woman from the South, relies on her friend to help her to overcome the brutality she has experienced at the hands of her father and husband. |
Note |
Special features: Converations with ancestors: The color purple from book to screen; A collaboration of spirits: casting and acting The color purple; Cultivating a classic: the making of The color purple; The color purple: the musical; behind the scenes gallery; cast photo gallery; trailers. |
Subject |
African American women -- Drama.
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Abused women -- Drama.
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Sisters -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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Abused women. (OCoLC)fst00794870
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African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
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Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
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Sisters. (OCoLC)fst01119758
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Added Author |
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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Spielberg, Steven, 1946- Director.
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Meyjes, Menno. Screenwriter.
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Jones, Quincy, 1933-
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Walker, Alice, 1944-
Color purple.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Warner Bros.
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ISBN |
9781419899928 |
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1419899929 |
Standard No. |
883929161126 |
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883929137725 |
Music No. |
3000035739 Warner Home Video |
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