The Color Purple

The story revolves around the life of Celie Harris in early 20th-century rural Hartwell, Georgia. Harris is a teenage African-American girl who is brutally raped and abused by her stepfather. She secretly gives birth to two of his children. After the births, the stepfather quickly takes them from Celie and gives them away. Celie shares a strong bond with her youngest sister Nettie as they play and learn the alphabet together.

MPAA Rating:	PG-13
Genre:	Drama
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Jon Peters, Carole Isenberg, Peter Guber, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Quincy Jones, Frank Marshall
Directed By:	Steven Spielberg
Written By:	Alice Walker, Menno Meyjes
Cast:	Willard E. Pugh, Leonard Jackson, Leon Rippy, Clarence Avant, Susan Beaubian, Jadili Johnson, David Thomas, Carl Anderson, Akosua Busia, Gayle King, Maria Howell, Greg Phillinganes, Oprah Winfrey, Carrie Murray, Adolph Caesar, Maurice Moore, John Patton Jr., Danny Glover, Jeris Poindexter, Bennet Guillory, Peto Kinsaka, Drew Bundini Brown, Margaret Freeman, Hawthorne James, Margaret Avery, Dana Ivey, Whoopi Goldberg, Lelo Masamba, James Tillis, Desreta Jackson, Arnold F. Turner, Sonny Terry, Laurence Fishburne, Phillip Strong, Rae Dawn Chong, Juliet Poe
In Theaters:	Feb 07, 1986
Runtime:	2 hours 34 minutes
Production:	Amblin Entertainment, The Guber-Peters Company, Warner Bros.
Budget:	$15,000,000
Box Office:	$98,467,863
Available On:	Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu
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