The Color Purple
1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Genre drama, epic, LGBTQ-related
Country United States
Runtime 154 min
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Based on
Book: Not public domain (published 1982)
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Film: not public domain (1985) — see where to watch it below
Cast & crew
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Alice Walker, Menno Meyjes
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
Music by Quincy Jones
Cinematography Allen Daviau
Edited by Michael Kahn
Cast (19)
Oprah Winfrey · Whoopi Goldberg · Laurence Fishburne · Danny Glover · Margaret Avery · Akosua Busia · Sonny Terry · Rae Dawn Chong · Dana Ivey · Adolph Caesar · Leon Rippy · Carl Anderson · Maria Howell · James Tillis · Ben Guillory · Willard E. Pugh · Leonard Jackson · Hawthorne James · Susan Beaubian
Credits from Wikidata (CC0).
Series, universe & remakes
Studio: Amblin Entertainment
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