Search - The Color Purple [Special Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Watch With Your Teen Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 02/18/2003 Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered,Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 2 hrs 33 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 13 Genres: Drama, Period Film, Marriage Drama, Feminist Film, Rural Drama See Also: The Color Purple, The Color Purple [Widescreen/Fullscreen]

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple spans the years 1909 to 1949, relating the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), a Southern black woman virtually sold into a life of servitude to her brutal husband, sharecropper Albert (Danny Glover). Celie pours out her innermost thoughts in letter form to her sister Nettie (Akousa Busia), but Albert has been hiding the letters Nettie writes back, allowing Celie to assume that Nettie is dead. Finally, Celie finds a champion in the don't-take-no-guff Sofia (Oprah Winfrey), the wife of Glover's son from a previous marriage. Alas, Sofia is "humbled" when she is beaten into submission by angry whites. Later, Celie is able to forge a strong friendship with Albert's mistress Shug (Margaret Avery). Emboldened by this, Celie begins rifling through her husband's belongings and finds Nettie's letters. Able at last to stand up to her husband, Celie leaves him to search for a new life on her own. A major box-office hit, The Color Purple was nominated for eleven Oscars. The film was co-produced by Quincy Jones, who also wrote the score. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Danny Glover - Albert
Whoopi Goldberg - Celie
Margaret Avery - Shug Avery
Oprah Winfrey - Sofia
Willard E. Pugh - Harpo

This two-disc special edition of Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple boasts a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include theatrical trailers, storyboards, a still photo gallery, and four documentaries on the making of the film. This is a quality release from Warner Brothers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide