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The color purple Cover Image DVD

The color purple [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents ; a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; Amblin Entertainment in association with Quincy Jones ; a Guber-Peters Company production.

Spielberg, Steven, 1946- (film director,, film producer.). Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954- (film producer.). Marshall, Frank, (film producer.). Jones, Quincy, 1933- (film producer,, composer (expression)). Meyjes, Menno, (screenwriter.). Glover, Danny, (actor.). Caesar, Adolph, 1933-1986 (actor.). Avery, Margaret, (actor.). Chong, Rae Dawn, (actor.). Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- (actor.). Winfrey, Oprah, (actor.). Busia, Akosua, (actor.). Pugh, Willard, (actor.). Daviau, Allen, (director of photography.). Riva, J. Michael, (production designer.). Kahn, Michael, (editor of moving image work.). Walker, Alice, 1944- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Color purple. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), (presenter.). Amblin Entertainment (Firm), (production company.). Guber-Peters Company, (production company.). Warner Home Video (Firm), (production company,, film distributor.). Warner Bros. Entertainment, (publisher.). Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Akosua Busia, Willard Pugh. (Cast).

Summary:

The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who is forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781419855092
  • ISBN: 1419855093
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (154 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., 2007
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Previously released in 1997 with the same technical specifications and special features.
Special features include cast biographies, production notes, awards, theatrical trailers.
Formatted Contents Note:
Side [1]: feature presentation ; Side [2]: special features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Quincy Jones.
Participant or Performer Note:
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Akosua Busia, Willard Pugh.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:
DVD format; dual-sided region 1; widescreen version; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (English), surround stereo (French).
Language Note:
Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English, French and Spanish ; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
Golden Globes, 1986: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Whoopi Goldberg).

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Available copies

  • 28 of 33 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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