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The Color Purple

1985, Movie, PG-13, 152 mins

The Color Purple: Cast & Details

Year: 1985
Rated PG-13
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 152
Format: Color
Genre(s): Drama
Production Co(s).: Guber; Peters
Released By: Warner Bros.

Award(s)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture
Academy Award Nominee: Best Actress - Whoopi Goldberg
Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actress - Margaret Avery
Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actress - Oprah Winfrey
Academy Award Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay - Menno Meyjes (Screenplay)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Academy Award Nominee: Best Cinematography - Allen Daviau
Academy Award Nominee: Best Costume Design - Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Academy Award Nominee: Best Makeup - Ken Chase
Academy Award Nominee: 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
Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Song - "Miss Celie's Blue (Sister)"; Quincy Jones (Music & Lyrics), Rod Temperton (Music & Lyrics), Lionel Ritchie (Lyrics)

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Cast
Danny Glover: Albert
Whoopi Goldberg: Celie
Margaret Avery: Shug Avery
Oprah Winfrey: Sofia
Willard Pugh: Harpo
Akosua Busia: Nettie
Adolph Caesar: Old Mister
Rae Dawn Chong: Squeak
Desreta Jackson: Young Celie
Dana Ivey: Miss Millie
Leonard Jackson: Pa
Bennet Guillory: Grady
John Patton Jr.: Preacher
Carl Anderson: Rev. Samuel
Susan Beaubian: Corrine
James Tillis: Buster
Phillip Strong: Mayor
Laurence Fishburne: Swain
Peto Kinsaka: Adam
Lelo Masamba: Olivia
Margaret Freeman: Odessa
Howard Starr: Young Harpo
Daphaine Oliver: Young Olivia
Jadili Johnson: Young Adam
Lillian Njoki Distefano: Young Tashi
Donna Buie: Daisy
Leon Rippy: Store Clerk
John Hart: Mailman
David Thomas: Road Gang Leader
Carrie Murray: Loretta
Juliet Poe: Church Sister
Katie Simon: Church Sister
Ethel Taylor: Church Sister
Marcus Covington: Boy
Marcus Liles: Boo
April Myers: Emma
Maurice Moore: Child
Lechanda Lathrap: Child
Drew Bundini Brown: Jook Joint Patron
Arnold Turner: Jook Joint Patron
Jeris Lee Poindexter: Jook Joint Patron
James Hawthorne: Jook Joint Patron
Saunders Sonny Terry: Jook Joint Musician
Greg Phillinganes: Jook Joint Musician
Roy Gaines: Jook Joint Musician
Paulinho Da Costa: African Musician
Nana Yaw Asiedu: African Musician
Clarence Avant: African Musician
Bayo Martin: African Musician
Ndugu Chancler: African Musician
Jeffrey Kwashi: African Musician
Pete Munzhi: African Musician
Aniijia Rae Shockley: African Musician

Credits
Steven Spielberg: Director
Menno Meyjes: Writer - based on the novel by Alice Walker
Alice Walker: Source
Peter Guber: Producer
Quincy Jones: Producer
Kathleen Kennedy: Producer
Frank Marshall: Producer
Jon Peters: Producer
Steven Spielberg: Producer
Peter Guber: Exec. Producer
Jon Peters: Exec. Producer
Carole Isenberg: Assoc. Producer
Allen Daviau: Cinematographer - Panavision, Deluxe Color
Michael Kahn: Editor
Quincy Jones: Musical Composer
J. Michael Riva: Production Designer
Bo Welch: Art Director
Linda DeScenna: Set Decorator
Aggie Guerard Rodgers: Costumes
Quincy Jones: Music/Lyrics Composer
Lionel Richie: Music/Lyrics Composer
Rod Temperton: Music/Lyrics Composer
Richard Alonzo: Make Up
Steve LaPorte: Make Up
Michael Laudati: Make Up
Greg Elam: Stunts

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