The color purple [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg.
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. Based on the novel by Alice Walker. Special features: 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; behind the scenes gallery; cast photo gallery; trailers.
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.
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