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The Color Purple is a musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, based on the 1982 novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation. The musical follows the journey of Celie, an African American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th century.
Fantasia Barrino will be playing Celie in the upcoming "The Color Purple" film. Meet everyone in the cast and see how they compare to the actors of the original movie.
Oprah, who made her unforgettable film debut as Sofia in the 1985 movie, has served as a Color Purple “whisperer” of sorts ever since: She was a producer of the 2015 Tony Award–winning ...
"The Color Purple" is considered a landmark book, movie and musical, all stemming from Alice Walker's 1982 book by the same title. Spielberg's film earned 11 Academy Award nominations in 1986.
She was subsequently cast opposite Robert Hays in the parody film, Airplane! It was released in June 1980 and became the third-highest grossing comedy in box office history at that time, behind Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). [6] Airplane! established Hagerty as a noted comedic actress.
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.
Exuberant performances from a cast led by Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks breathe life into Blitz Bazawule’s stirring “The Color Purple,” adapted from the Tony-winning ...
Jerry Gordon Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American film producer, director, and writer known for his role in directing comedy spoof films such as Airplane! and Top Secret!, and the Best Picture-nominated supernatural drama film Ghost. [1]