The color purple
(DVD)
Contributors
Spielberg, Steven, 1946- film director,
Peters, Jon, film producer.
Guber, Peter, film producer.
Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954- film producer.
Marshall, Frank, film producer.
Peters, Jon, film producer.
Guber, Peter, film producer.
Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954- film producer.
Marshall, Frank, film producer.
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (153 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Status
Main Library - Media
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Oliver La Farge - Media
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Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Language
English
UPC
883929149247, 00883929149247
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1: Cast & crew; Awards: Teaser trailers; Theatrical trailer. Disc 2: Conversations 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; Gallery: behind the scenes; Gallery: the cast.
Creation/Production Credits
Costume designer, Aggie Guerard Rodgers ; music, Quincy Jones ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; director of photography, Allen Daviau.
Participants/Performers
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey, Akosua Busia, Willard Pugh, Whoopi Goldberg, Desreta Jackson, Dana Ivey, Larry Fishburne, Carl Anderson, John Patton, Jr.
Description
Set in the early 1900s, tells the story of Celie, a poor black Southern woman, whose friendship with two women helps her overcome the brutality of her father and husband.
System Details
DVD format, widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1; NTSC, Region 1; Dual layer; anamorphic widescreen.
Language
In English or French with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
African American women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Drama.
Dysfunctional families -- Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Sisters -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Walker, Alice, -- 1944- -- Film adaptations.
African American women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
Drama.
Dysfunctional families -- Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Sisters -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Walker, Alice, -- 1944- -- Film adaptations.
Other Subjects