Overview

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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

247

Name

Color Purple, The

Genre

Drama

Leads

Goldberg,W

Rating

3

Content Advisory

Parents strongly cautioned, ?

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Drama, History

Id

873

Title

The Color Purple

Popularity

4.0939

Release Date

1985-12-18

Softcore

False

Vote Average

7.726

Vote Count

1965

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$146,300,000

Runtime

154 minutes