It might have been better served by a filmmaker with a deeper connection to the source material, but The Color Purple remains a worthy, well-acted adaptation of Alice Walker's classic novel.
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Director -
Steven Spielberg -
Executive Producer -
Peter Guber , Jon Peters -
Screenwriter -
Alice Walker , Menno Meyjes -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. Pictures -
Production Co -
Warner Brothers , Guber-Peters Company , Amblin Entertainment -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 18, 1985, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
May 23, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$93.4M -
Sound Mix -
Surround