| The Color Purple | |
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| 11 Nominations | |
| Year | 1985 |
| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Writer | Menno Meyjes |
| Starring | Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey |
| 58th Academy Awards | |
The Color Purple is a 1985 American drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker and adapted to the screen by Menno Meyjes. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, and Rae Dawn Chong.
Nominations
- Best Actress — Whoopi Goldberg
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Meeno Meyjes
- Best Art Direction — J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch, Linda DeScenna
- Best Cinematography — Allen Daviau
- Best Costume Design — Aggie Guerrard Rogers
- Best Makeup — Ken Chase
- Best Original Score — Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
- Best Original Song — "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" — Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Lionel Richie
- Best Picture — Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones
- Best Supporting Actress — Margaret Avery
- Best Supporting Actress — Oprah Winfrey
Plot[]
This film follows the life of Celie Harris, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life. The films shows the problems African American women faced during the early 1900s, including poverty, racism, and sexism. Celie is transformed as she finds her self-worth through the help of two strong female companions.
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