Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel transcended his other works, in part because it was so different. Whoopi Goldberg gives a heart-breaking, Oscar-nominated performance as Celie, a Southern black woman who in the early years of the 20th century finds herself a slave within her own home -- married to a violently abusive sharecropper (Danny Glover) and still suffering the loss of her sister, from whom she'd been forcibly separated when they were young girls. The script dips and soars through a series of poignant, sometimes melodramatic vignettes involving racist mobs, illicit love affairs and religious salvation, the latter scenes backed by a clapping and stomping gospel choir. Through it all Spielberg effectively captures the small but crucial victories of the human spirit which punctuate the story and make for an original and uplifting film.
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed
PRODUCT DETAILS
Actors: Danny Glover, Laurence Fishburne
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Original recording remastered, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, Polish, Cantonese, Hebrew, Greek, German, French, Finnish, English, Danish
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Run Time: 154 minutes
ASIN: B0045D3N2U
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