Gladwyne Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Color purple (Motion picture : 2023)

Title:

The color purple [videorecording (DVD)] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Harpo Films production, an Amblin Entertainment production, an SGS Pictures production/a QJP production ; screenplay by Marcus Gardley ; produced by Oprah Winfrrey, p.g.a., Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., Scott Sanders, p.g.a., Quincy Jones, p.g.a. ; directed by Blitz Bazawule.

Publisher, Date:

Universal City, CA : SDS, [2024]

Description:

1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

auditory captions

visual audioDescription

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Target Audience Note:

MPA rating: PG-13, for mature thematic content, sexual content, violence and language.

Notes:

DVD ; region 1.

English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital audio) and Spanish (Dolby Digital audio) language tracks ; English SDH ; subtitles in French and Spanish.

English Descriptive Audio language track (Dolby Digital audio).

"A bold new take on the beloved classic"--Container front.

Based on the novel by Alice Walker. Based on the musical stage play, book (of the musical stage play) by Marsha Norman, music and lyrics by Brena Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2023.

Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, "H.E.R.", Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Fantasia Barrino.

Music by Kris Bowers ; costumes designed by Francine Jamison-Tanchuck ; coreographer, Fatima Robinson ; edited by Jon Poll ; production designer, Paul Denham Austerberry ; director of photography, Dan Laustsen.

Not viewed.

Subjects:

African American women.

Sisters.

Adult child sexual abuse victims.

Abused wives.

Southern States.

Genre:

Musical films.

Historical films.

Coming-of-age films.

Feature films.