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The Color Purple

An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.

Corporate Author: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Spielberg, Steven, 1946-, Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-, Glover, Danny., Winfrey, Oprah., Walker, Alice, 1944-
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1997.
Subjects:
Sisters > Drama.
Family > Drama.
Abused women > Drama.
Family violence > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Summary: An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.
Item Description: Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
Videodisc release of the 1985 motion picture by Warner Brothers.
Dolby digital sound; widescreen version.
Special features: interactive menus; scene access; production notes; 2 theatrical trailers.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD format.
Audience: Rated PG-13.
Production Credits: Executive producers, Jon Peters, Peter Guber ; producer-director, Steven Spielberg ; screenplay, Menno Meyjes.
ISBN: 0790729717
9780790729718
Author Notes: Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in New York City on November 13, 1955. She worked in a funeral parlor and as a bricklayer while taking small parts on Broadway. She moved to California and worked with improv groups, including Spontaneous Combustion. She came to prominence doing an HBO special and a one-woman show as Moms Mabley. She made her film debut in The Color Purple and won a Golden Globe Award for her role as Celie. She also appeared in Sister Act, Sister Act 2, The Lion King, Made in America, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Girl, Interrupted and Rat Race. She won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost. She has won a Grammy, seven Emmys, two Golden Globes, a Tony, an Oscar, a British Academy Film Award, and four People's Choice Awards. She has been the moderator of the daytime talk show The View since 2007. She has also written several books including the Sugar Plum Ballerinas series, Book, and Is It Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There?

(Bowker Author Biography)

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