The Color purple / Warner Bros. ; Amblin Entertainment ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy ; produced by Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg.
Edition:
Widescreen version.
Publisher:
Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
2000
Description:
1 videodisc (sides A & B) (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg. Based on the novel by Alice Walker. Originally produced as motion picture in 1985. Interactive menu includes: scene selection, language & subtitle selection, cast biographies & filmographies, production notes, awards, two theatrical trailers.
Summary:
A young uneducated woman living in the rural South is raped by her father who then forces her to marry a man who beats her. Her life is transformed by the friendship of two women who help her find self-respect and the courage to change her life.
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