The color purple

DVD

The color purple [videorecording] / a Warner Bros. & Amblin production ; produced by Steven Spielberg ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg.

Spielberg, Steven, 1946- (Added Author). Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950- (Added Author). Glover, Danny. (Added Author). Caesar, Adolph, (Added Author). Walker, Alice, 1944- (Added Author). Whoopie Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey. (Cast).

Summary:

Set in the early 1900s, tells the story of Celie, a poor black Southern woman, whose friendship with two women helps her overcome the brutality of her father and husband.

Record details

ISBN: 0780663284
ISBN: 9780780663282
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Special ed., anamorphic widescreen.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Based on the novel by Alice Walker.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.

Features: awards notes, theatrical trailers, Conversations with ancestors : from book to screen, A collaboration of spirits : casting and acting, Cultivating a classic : the making of The color purple, The color purple : the musical, storyboard, photo galleries.
Participant or Performer Note:: Whoopie Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey.
Target Audience Note:: MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:: DVDs, Dolby digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:: For private home use only.
Language Note:: In English or French with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.