The Color Purple
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Oprah Winfrey quits: Chat show queen's top ten video moments...and her ill-fated marriage to Bobby Brown 4. Oprah's amazing acting debut in Steven Spielberg's 1985 film The Colour Purple earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Earlier this month the show featured Chimpanzee... In this article: Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Chat show, Chimpanzee, Susan Boyle, Cocaine, Pontiac G6, Steven Spielberg, and Portia de Rossi |
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The Seattle Times | 7 days ago
Oprah Winfrey's show ending in 2011
...Nate Berkus, whom she has been featuring on her program for eight years. Winfrey also has starred in films such as "Beloved" and Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple." She also was a founding partner in the Oxygen cable network, but...
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 02, 2009
Culture Vulture: So little time, so many movies
...at the time -- he had just come off directing the disappointing "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," was gearing up to direct "The Color Purple," and that year also had produced "Back to the Future" and "Young Sherlock Holmes." The...
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Life123 | October 21, 2009
Steven Spielberg Biography
...the world. Spielberg has directed some of the world's most loved and quoted movies, including E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Poltergeist, The Color Purple, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, among others. Spielberg is...
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USATODAY.com | October 08, 2009
Steven Spielberg receives Liberty Medal
...those whose actions represent the founding principles of the United States. Spielberg's films include Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and The Color Purple. He also established a foundation to produce video and oral histories of...
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Charlotte Observer | 4 days ago
'Precious' reignites debate about race
...Oscar buzz. "In some ways, it's 'The Color Purple' all over again, with people writing and talking about what this film represents," said Mark Anthony Neal, a professor who teaches black popular culture at Duke University. He was referring...
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The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the eighth film directed by Spielberg and is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker. The film tells the story of a young African American girl named Celie and shows the problems faced by African American women during the early 1900s; including poverty, racism and sex discrimination. The character Celie is transformed as she finds her self-worth through the help of two strong female companions.
- Name:
- The Color Purple
- Country of Origin:
- USA
- Release Date:
- December 20, 1985
- Directed By:
- Steven Spielberg
- Produced by:
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- Kathleen Kennedy
- Steven Spielberg
- Quincy Jones
- Frank Marshall
- Written By:
- Editor:
- Michael Kahn
- Cinematography:
- Allen Daviau
- Music By:
- Quincy Jones
- Distributed By:
- Length:
- 153 min.
- Language:
- English
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