The Color Purple (1985) - Video Detective

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Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey star in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple. From 1909 to 1949, Celie (Goldberg--Ghosts of Mississippi), a Southern Black woman, gradually gains self-respect as she strives to educate herself and to find love--despite an abusive spouse and a society biased against her race and her sex.

Original Release

12/18/1985

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Cast

Name	Character

Whoopi Goldberg	Celie Johnson
Margaret Avery	Shug Avery
Danny Glover	Albert
Akosua Busia	Nettie Harris
Oprah Winfrey	Sofia
Willard E. Pugh	Harpo Johnson (as Willard Pugh)
Desreta Jackson	Young Celie Harris
Rae Dawn Chong	Squeak
Adolph Caesar	Old Mister Johnson
Dana Ivey	Miss Millie

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Steven Spielberg

Writers

Menno Meyjes, Alice Walker

Cast

Name	Character

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

Producers

Name	Role

Peter Guber	Executive Producer
Jon Peters	Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg	Producer
Frank Marshall	Producer
Kathleen Kennedy	Producer
Quincy Jones	Producer
Carole Isenberg	Producer

Editors

Michael Kahn

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1986	Oscar	Best Picture	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Cinematography	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Costume Design	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Music, Original Song	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Music, Original Score	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Makeup	Nominated
1986	Golden Globe	Best Motion Picture - Drama	Nominated
1986	Golden Globe	Best Director - Motion Picture	Nominated
1986	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama	Won
1986	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Nominated
1986	Golden Globe	Best Original Score - Motion Picture	Nominated