The Color Purple
It's about life. It's about love. It's about us.
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $146M
Who's in it
Cast
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How The Color Purple actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Color Purple appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #21
Placed at #21 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Color Purple returned 9.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $146M
- Release date
- Dec 18, 1985
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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