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The Color Purple

A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.

Director

Steven Spielberg

Year

Genre

Box Office

$98,467,863

Production

Amblin Entertainment,Warner Bros. Pictures,Guber/Peters Company

Awards

Nominated for 11 Oscars. 14 wins & 23 nominations total

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Albert

Celie Johnson

Whoopi Goldberg

Shug Avery

Sofia

Harpo Johnson

Willard E. Pugh

Nettie Harris

Young Celie Harris

Desreta Jackson

Old Mister Johnson

Squeak

Miss Millie

Pa Harris

Leonard Jackson

Grady

Bennet Guillory

Preacher

John Patton Jr.

Reverend Samuel

Corrine

Buster

Mayor

Swain (as Larry Fishburne)

Laurence Fishburne

Adam

Olivia

Odessa

Margaret Freeman

Young Harpo

Young Olivia

Daphaine Oliver

Young Adam

Young Tashi

Lillian Njoki Distefano

Daisy

Store Clerk

Mailman (as John R. Hart)

John Ratch Hart

Road Gang Leader

Loretta

Church Sister

Church Sister

Church Sister

Boy

Marcus Covington

Boo

Emma

Child #1

Child #2

Lechanda Latharp

Jook Joint Patron

Drew Bundini Brown

Jook Joint Patron (as Arnold Turner)

Arnold F. Turner

Jook Joint Patron (as Jeris Lee Poindexter)

Jeris Poindexter

Jook Joint Patron (as James Hawthorne)

Hawthorne James

Jook Joint Musician (as Saunders Sonny Terry)

Jook Joint Musician

Greg Phillinganes

Jook Joint Musician

African Musician

Paulinho Da Costa

African Musician

Nana Yaw Asiedu

African Musician

African Musician

African Musician

African Musician

African Musician

African Musician

Aniijia Rae Schockley

Church Choir Soloist

Church-goer

Little Girl

Self - Junk Joint

African Chief

Madison T. Shockley Sr.

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Sofia Celie Johnson Albert Grady Swain (as Larry Fishburne)Miss Millie Pa Harris Squeak

You better not tell nobody but God - The Color Purple

You better not tell nobody but God

Nothing but death can keep me from it - The Color Purple

Nothing but death can keep me from it

I's married now - The Color Purple

I's married now

You told Harpo to beat me - The Color Purple

You told Harpo to beat me

All my life I had to fight - The Color Purple

All my life I had to fight

I loves Harpo - The Color Purple

Now you want a dead son in law - The Color Purple

Now you want a dead son in law

The woman that shoulda been yo' mammy - The Color Purple

The woman that shoulda been yo' mammy

You sure is ugly - The Color Purple

You sure is ugly

Albert - The Color Purple

She black as tar - The Color Purple

She black as tar

You has my sympathy - The Color Purple

You has my sympathy

Who dis woman - The Color Purple

He beat me when you ain't here - The Color Purple

He beat me when you ain't here

Do you mind if Albert sleep with me - The Color Purple

Do you mind if Albert sleep with me

Most time I pretend I ain't even there - The Color Purple

Most time I pretend I ain't even there

He just climb on top of me and do his business - The Color Purple

He just climb on top of me and do his business

That means you still a virgin - The Color Purple

That means you still a virgin

Shug like honey - The Color Purple

Shug like honey

Be my maid - The Color Purple

Celie is coming with us - The Color Purple

Celie is coming with us

Nettie and my kids be comin' home soon - The Color Purple

Nettie and my kids be comin' home soon

The dead has arisen - The Color Purple

The dead has arisen

Miss Celie - The Color Purple

Sofia home - The Color Purple

Who gives a damn Boy you going to let this nappy haired gal sit here - The Color Purple

Who gives a damn Boy you going to let this nappy haired gal...

I curse you - The Color Purple

Till you do right by me - The Color Purple

Till you do right by me

The jail you planned for me is the one you're gonna rot in - The Color Purple

The jail you planned for me is the one you're gonna rot...

But dear God - The Color Purple

The more things change - The Color Purple

The more things change

You saying God is vain - The Color Purple

You saying God is vain

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple - The Color Purple

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple

Sinners have souls too - The Color Purple

Sinners have souls too

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A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer: Menno Meyjes, Alice Walker

Production: Amblin Entertainment,Warner Bros. Pictures,Guber/Peters Company

Genre: drama

Year: 1985

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $98,467,863

Released: 07 Feb 1986

Awards: Nominated for 11 Oscars. 14 wins & 23 nominations total

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