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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790729718
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790729717
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 26, 1997
Running Time: 154 minutes
Sales Rank: 4515
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1985
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, D.W. Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective understated can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when it won none. The digital video disc requires flipping to play the whole movie. --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - wonderful
i could not believe that i was able to get the collectors edition for such a steal. i've always wanted a copy of the color purple but i have yet to find it in stores. thanks amazon!
Rating: - Superb
Five FULL STARS!
Whenever I'm asked about my favorite movie, it's always a toss-up between Malcolm X and The Color Purple, depending on my mood. I suppose TCP is the best movie tending to be on the girly side while MX is the best on the masculine.
HUGE thanks to all of the actors, directors and producers for making movies that celebrate people of color without the need of the GW Hollywood hero.
We need more movies of substance like these!
Rating:  - Swine Husband
Unforgetable. Portrayal of an abusive, ungrateful spouse and long suffering wife. Love to see this fellow get his comeuppance. Great acting.
Rating: - Not for the faint of heart.
I read some of the other reviews that gave the movie one star.
Hmmmm....having never read the source material I can't make further comment.
I however, loved this movie.
Brilliantly directed, Brilliant performances.
I loved Oprah's character. Strong, tough, BAD!!!
I wish that was the Oprah we would have seen when Tom Cruise was jumping on her couch.
WHAM!!!
A brilliant movie and a must see.
Rating: - An emotional story of black female slaves!
Many people love this human stories about surviving hell, well... this movie present one of the best stories of survival.
We can learn from this movie! I mean... this story is set in the 1910's to the 1930's, a time when the black man slavery was over but NOT with black women. In this movie we can see how men can treat women as some extra arms that we have! There is no respect or even gratitude among them. Of course, the slavery comes from the black man against the black woman but is ... Read More
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