1985 · 2h 34m · Drama
The Color Purple
Directed bySteven Spielberg
IMDb
7.7
106K votes
Metacritic
78
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
critics
Box office
$98.4M
6.6x its $15M budget
Released Dec 16, 1985 by Amblin Entertainment
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Critics (Metacritic)78
Audience (IMDb x 10)77
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writers
- Menno MeyjesAlice Walker
- Music
- Quincy Jones
- Cinematography
- Allen Daviau
- Editing
- Michael Kahn
11 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1986Whoopi Goldberg
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1986Margaret Avery
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1986Oprah Winfrey
- NominatedBest Production Design · Academy Awards 1986Art Direction: J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
- NominatedBest Cinematography · Academy Awards 1986Allen Daviau
- NominatedBest Costume Design · Academy Awards 1986Aggie Guerard Rodgers
- NominatedBest Makeup and Hairstyling · Academy Awards 1986Ken Chase
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1986Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
- NominatedBest Original Song · Academy Awards 1986Music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; Lyric by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1986Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, Producers
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1986Menno Meyjes
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