03135cgm a2200709 4500 545759776 TxAuBib 070521s2007||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9781419855092 1419855093 116310 Warner Home Video TxAuBib The color purple [dvd] / Warner Bros. presents a Steven Spielberg film ;[& Amblin production] ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg. Widescreen version. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2007. 1 videodisc, double-sided (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Title from container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. Based upon the novel by Alice Walker. Special features (on side B) include production notes, theatrical trailers. Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Quincy Jones ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones. Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey. The story of a young black girl in the early 20th century whos forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister. MPAA rating: PG-13. DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English soundtrack), Dolby digital stereo (French soundtrack) ; region 1. Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English, French and Spanish ; closed captioned. Golden Globe Awards, 1985: Best actress, drama (Goldberg). Directors Guild of America Awards, 1986: Best director. ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, 1987: ASCAP Award, Top Box office Films. Walker, Alice 1944- Film adaptations. Dysfunctional families Drama. African American women Drama. Adult child sexual abuse victims Drama. Abused wives Drama. Sisters Drama. Golden Globe Awards. DVD-Video discs. Southern States Drama. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Melodrama. DVDs for the hearing impaired. Spielberg, Steven, 1946- Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954- Marshall, Frank. Jones, Quincy, 1933- Meyjes, Menno. Glover, Danny. Caesar, Adolph, d. 1986. Avery, Margaret. Chong, Rae Dawn. Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950- Winfrey, Oprah. Daviau, Allen. Riva, J. Michael. Kahn, Michael, 1935- Walker, Alice, 1944- Color purple. Warner Bros. Warner Home Video (Firm). Amblin Entertainment (Firm).