The Color Purple

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$98.5M

This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...

🏆 Nominated for 11 Oscars. 14 wins & 25 nominations total

Director

Steven Spielberg

Cast

Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey

Released

7 February 1986

Runtime

2h 34m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

7.7 / 10

Votes

104,258

Metascore

78

Rotten Tomatoes

72%

Box office

$98,467,863

Budget

$15,000,000

Edition

Base