DVD
3 of 3 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection (2 copies)
- OSHTEMO: Audiovisual Collection
The color purple
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, OSH)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Performers
Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Rae Dawn Chong.
Publication Information
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1997.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Summary
Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this is the richly-textured, decades-spanning story of Celie, an uneducated woman living in the rural American south. Forced to marry a brutal man she calls Mr., Celie turns inward and shares her grief only with God. But she is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth ... and the strength to forgive.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Videodisc release of the 1985 motion picture.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Rated PG-13.
In English with optional French language soundtrack ; optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
Special features include: Interactive menus ; scene access ; production notes ; 2 theatrical trailers.
Presented in a matted widescreen format, preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical presentation ; enhanced for widescreen TVs.