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Color Purple (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 154 mins

  • Director: Steven Spielberg
  • Writer: Alice Walker; Menno Meyjes
  • Producer: Peter Guber; Carole Isenberg

CGiii Comment

A hugely disappointing adaptation - possibly, not-that-bad if you know nothing about the book.

The lesbian storyline is merely hinted at...playing it safe.

The pace of the film is at fault - it's sporadic and disjointed.

Spielberg went all out for the Oscar and failed...simply because, this film is not good enough - although the story is.

Clumsy direction and a sterile script - a crime against Alice Walker's book has been committed.


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The(ir) Blurb...

This film follows the life of Celie, 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.

Cast & Characters

Danny Glover as Albert;
Whoopi Goldberg as Celie Johnson;
Margaret Avery as Shug Avery;
Oprah Winfrey as Sofia;
Willard E. Pugh as Harpo Johnson;
Akosua Busia as Nettie Harris;
Desreta Jackson as Young Celie Harris;
Adolph Caesar as Old Mister Johnson;
Rae Dawn Chong as Squeak;
Dana Ivey as Miss Millie;
Leonard Jackson as Pa Harris;
Bennet Guillory as Grady;
John Patton Jr. as Preacher;
Carl Anderson as Reverend Samuel;
Susan Beaubian as Corrine