The Color Purple
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- Original title
- The Color Purple
- Year
- 1985
- Running time
- 147 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Menno Meyjes. Novel: Alice Walker
- Cast
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- Danny Glover
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Adolph Caesar
- Akosua Busia
- Laurence Fishburne
- Oprah Winfrey
- Rae Dawn Chong
- Margaret Avery
- Bennet Guillory
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- Genre
- Drama | Melodrama. Racism. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s
- Synopsis
- An acclaimed drama, spanning a period of forty years, in which Celie, a black girl, is mistreated by two men until suddenly a blues singer enters her life and her real self begins to emerge. The story is based on Alice Walker's Pullitzer Prize-winning novel.
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- Awards
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1985: Academy Awards: 11 nominations, inc. Best Picture and Actress (Goldberg)1985: Golden Globes Awards: Best Actress (Goldberg). 5 Nominations1985: 2 National Board of Review Awards: Best Film and Best Actress (Goldberg)1985: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director1985: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay1986: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 86 My Favorites from the 80s (84)
- 87 Most Moving Movies (50)
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