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The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film that was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes.It is based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, marking a turning point in his career as it was a departure from the summer blockbusters for which he had become known.
The Color Purple premiered in London on November 20, 2023, and was released in the United States on December 25, 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures. Although it received positive reviews from critics, it performed poorly at the box office grossing $68.8 million against a budget of $90–100 million.
Whoopi Goldberg in the original The Color Purple (1985). Whoopi Goldberg had a major breakout in the original film adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple in 1985.. A working standup ...
Goldberg has received two Academy Award nominations, for The Color Purple and Ghost, winning for Ghost. [ 175 ] [ 176 ] She is the first African-American actor to have received Academy Award nominations for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress .
Then: Whoopi Goldberg. Celie is the heart of The Color Purple, and Goldberg’s portrayal of her in the 1985 film was devastating and revelatory. In 1985, the actress and comedian told the late ...
The obvious person was Whoopi because she’s synonymous with the title,” Bazawule explains, saying that he and screenwriter Marcus Gardley went back and forth about how to best incorporate ...
Jones died at 91, after growing close with Goldberg while he produced and composed the score for the 1985 film "The Color Purple." Whoopi Goldberg got emotional on The View in the final hours ...
Mike Nichols saw her performing and helped her adapt the show for Broadway with the show titled, Whoopi Goldberg (1984). She gained career stardom after portraying Celie Harris Johnson in the Steven Spielberg directed coming-of-age epic The Color Purple (1985), which was based off the Alice Walker novel of the same name.