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The Color Purple
Drama 1986 2 hr 33 min
Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfreystar in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker'sPulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple. From 1909 to 1949, Celie(Goldberg--Ghosts of Mississippi), a Southern Black woman, graduallygains self-respect as she strives to educate herself and to findlove--despite an abusive spouse and a society biased against her raceand her sex.
Drama 1986 2 hr 33 min
PG-13
Starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery
Director Steven Spielberg

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The Color Purple
  • DRAMA
Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfreystar in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker'sPulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple. From 1909 to 1949, Celie(Goldberg--Ghosts of Mississippi), a Southern Black woman, graduallygains self-respect as she strives to educate herself and to findlove--despite an abusive spouse and a society biased against her raceand her sex.

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1986
Run Time
2 hr 33 min
Rated
PG-13
Region of Origin
United States

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Original Audio
English
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English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC)
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English (CC), and 34 more...

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