| Edition |
Two-disc special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Widescreen; Dolby digital surround 5.1 or 2.0. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. |
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Based on the novel by Alice Walker. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Contents |
Special features: Disc 1. Widescreen version presented in a matted format -- All-new 2002 digital transfer -- Soundtrack remastered and presented in both Dolby digital 5.1 and Dolby surround 2.0 -- Interactive menus -- Awards notes -- Theatrical trailers -- Scene access -- Language: English ; French -- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish. Disc 2. 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 -- Interactive menus. |
| Language |
Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English, French and Spanish. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
African American women -- Drama.
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Sisters -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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.
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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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