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The Color Purple

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Synopsis:

Steven Spielberg's version of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel telling the story of a much-abused black woman separated from her children, and doomed to a life of virtual slavery thanks to her brutish husband. Whoopi Goldberg's measured and sensitive performance in the lead was her movie debut, and Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery and Williard E Pugh are among the excellent supporting cast in this deeply affecting drama

Cast:

Whoopi Goldberg as Celie, Danny Glover as Albert Johnson, Oprah Winfrey as Sofia, Margaret Avery as Shug Avery, Laurence Fishburne, Willard E Pugh as Harpo, Willard Pugh, Akosua Busia as Nettie, Adolph Caesar, Desreta Jackson as Young Celie, Rae Dawn Chong as Squeak, Dana Ivey, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory, John Patton Jr., Carl Anderson, Susan Beaubian

Credits:

Steven Spielberg - Director, Producer, Alice Walker - Scriptwriter, Menno Meyjes - Scriptwriter, Peter Guber - Executive-Producer, Jon Peters - Executive-Producer, Frank Marshall - Producer, Kathleen Kennedy - Producer, Quincy Jones - Producer

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