The color purple [videorecording]
2024
DVDs and BluRay
Blitz Bazawule directs this musical adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer prize-winning novel starring Fantasia Barrino and Colman Domingo. Over the course of 40 years, the film follows the life of Celie (Barrino), a poor black woman who endures years of abuse from her father and her husband Mister (Domingo). When her husband embarks on an affair with the beautiful Shug (Taraji P. Henson), an attraction is also formed between the two women, and lonely Celie finally begins to blossom. The cast also includes Danielle Brooks, Halle Bailey and Jon Batiste.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Mobile Support Services | DVD 12 | Available |
Main title:
The color purple [videorecording] / producer, Quincy Jones; producer, Scott Sanders; producer, Steven Spielberg; producer, Oprah Winfrey.
Author:
Bazawule, Blitz, directorBowers, Kris, musicBarrino, Fantasia, actorDomingo, Colman, actorHenson, Taraji P., actorWalker, Alice, book author
Work:
Imprint:
Warner Bros. Home Ent., 2024.
Collation:
1 videodisc (135 min.) : col.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English).Made in 2023.Based on the novel by Alice Walker.Credits: director, Blitz Bazawule.DVDN.Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other languages Spanish-Castilian, Italian, Subtitles (Spanish-Castilian, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish), Audio descriptionBased on the novel by Alice Walker/The stage musical of the same name.Credits: director, Blitz Bazawule; writer, Marcus Gardley; music, Kris Bowers; cinematographer, Dan Laustsen.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Fantasia Barrino, Colman Domingo, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Halle Bailey, Jon Batiste, Corey Hawkins, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Ciara, Gabriella 'H.E.R.' Wilson.
Audience:
BBFC code: 12.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
BRN:
3782795