The Color Purple

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drama film film

The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, that follows the life and struggles of an African American woman in the early 20th-century American South.

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The Color Purple (1985 film) 1
The Color Purple (novel) 0
The Color Purple (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
author Alice Walker ⓘ
awardReceived NAACP Image Award ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
basedOn The Color Purple (novel) ⓘ
castMember Adolph Caesar ⓘ
Danny Glover ⓘ
Margaret Avery ⓘ
Oprah Winfrey ⓘ
Rae Dawn Chong ⓘ
Whoopi Goldberg ⓘ
cinematography Allen Daviau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Steven Spielberg ⓘ
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Michael Kahn ⓘ
filmFormat color ⓘ
filmingLocation North Carolina ⓘ
follows life of Celie ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
period drama ⓘ
hasTheme family relationships ⓘ
overcoming oppression ⓘ
spiritual growth ⓘ
mainSubject African American women ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ
personal empowerment ⓘ
racism in the United States ⓘ
sexism ⓘ
sisterhood ⓘ
musicBy Quincy Jones ⓘ
narrativeLocation Georgia ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Frank Marshall ⓘ
Kathleen Kennedy ⓘ
Steven Spielberg ⓘ
publicationDate 1985 ⓘ
releaseDate December 18, 1985 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 154 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Menno Meyjes ⓘ
setInLocation Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
setInTime early 20th century ⓘ

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Celie Johnson → appearsIn → The Color Purple ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Color Purple (1985 film)
Danny Glover → characterIn → The Color Purple ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Color Purple (film)
Danny Glover → notableWork → The Color Purple ⓘ
Quincy Jones → notableWork → The Color Purple ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Color Purple (film, producer)
Steven → notableWork → The Color Purple ⓘ
subject surface form: Steven Spielberg
Whoopi Goldberg → notableWork → The Color Purple ⓘ