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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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 →
director	Steven Spielberg →
distributedBy	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	American South →
setInTime	early 20th century →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Danny Glover → Quincy Jones ("The Color Purple (film, producer)") → Steven Spielberg → Whoopi Goldberg →	notableWork
Celie Johnson ("The Color Purple (1985 film)") →	appearsIn
Danny Glover ("The Color Purple (film)") →	characterIn