The color purple
(DVD) 

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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003].
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
ISBN
0790749874, 9780790749877
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003].
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0790749874, 9780790749877
UPC
085391831921

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
General Note
Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
General Note
Special features: Disc one: Awards notes; theatrical trailers. Disc two: 4 all-new documentaries: Conversations with the ancestors: from book to screen; A collaboration of spirits: casting and acting; The color purple: the musical; and Cultivating a classic: the making of The color purple; storyboard and photo galleries.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Allen Daviau ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Quincy Jones.
Participants/Performers
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey.
Description
The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who's forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details
DVD, Dolby digital surround 5.1 or 2.0; widescreen.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Language
Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Spielberg, S., Kennedy, K., Marshall, F., Jones, Q., Meyjes, M., Glover, D., Caesar, A., Avery, M., Chong, R. D., Goldberg, W., Winfrey, O., Daviau, A., Riva, J. M., Kahn, M., & Walker, A. (2003). The color purple (Two-disc special edition.). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Steven Spielberg et al.. 2003. The Color Purple. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Steven Spielberg et al.. The Color Purple Warner Home Video, 2003.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Spielberg, Steven, et al. The Color Purple Two-disc special edition., Warner Home Video, 2003.

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