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The Color Purple (1985)

154 mins

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DRAMA

Set in the southern United States, the story of the slow emancipation of a male-dominated victimised African-American woman.

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name	character
Carl Anderson	Reverend Samuel
Margaret Avery	Shug Avery
Susan Beaubian	Corrine
Akosua Busia	Netti
Adolph Caesar	Old Mister
Rae Dawn Chong	Squeak
Laurence Fishburne	Swain
Danny Glover	Albert
Whoopi Goldberg	Celie
Bennet Guillory	Grady
Dana Ivey	Miss Millie
Desreta Jackson	Young Celie Harris
Leonard Jackson	Pa
Peto Kinsaka	Adam
Lelo Masamba	Olivia
John Patton Jr.	Preacher
Willard E. Pugh	Harpo
Phillip Strong	Mayor
James Tillis	Buster
Oprah Winfrey	Sofia

name
Carole Isenberg	producer
Quincy Jones	composer, producer
Kathleen Kennedy	producer
Frank Marshall	producer
Menno Meyjes	screenplay
Steven Spielberg	director, producer
Alice Walker	writer (original)

award	category	name	year
Golden Globe Award	Best Actress	Whoopi Goldberg	1985