The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes. It is based on the... 47 KB (4,563 words) - 10:14, 28 April 2024 |
The Color Purple is a 2023 American musical period drama film directed by Blitz Bazawule. Marcus Gardley's screenplay is based on the stage musical of... 72 KB (5,285 words) - 19:36, 30 April 2024 |
The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker. The Color Purple may also refer to: The Color Purple (1985 film), a 1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg... 627 bytes (103 words) - 19:40, 25 December 2023 |
The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for... 21 KB (2,200 words) - 05:36, 22 April 2024 |
The Color Purple is the 2023 film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel. Three soundtrack... 26 KB (1,715 words) - 15:54, 22 March 2024 |
The Color Purple is a musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, based on the 1982 novel The Color Purple by Alice... 49 KB (4,565 words) - 22:51, 30 April 2024 |
Purple Rain is a 1984 American rock musical drama film scored by and starring Prince in his acting debut. Developed to showcase his talents, it contains... 36 KB (3,449 words) - 02:36, 27 April 2024 |
 | Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed... 38 KB (4,042 words) - 01:54, 5 May 2024 |
The Color Purple: Music From the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name released in November 1986 by Qwest Records. It consists... 3 KB (380 words) - 21:30, 29 October 2023 |
 | Akosua Busia (category Ghanaian film actresses) and songwriter. She is known to film audiences for playing Nettie Harris in the 1985 film The Color Purple. She is the daughter of Ghanaian Prime Minister... 12 KB (907 words) - 17:31, 19 April 2024 |
 | Margaret Avery (category American film actresses) for her portrayal of Shug Avery in the period drama film The Color Purple (1985). Avery continued appearing in films including Blueberry Hill (1988), White... 17 KB (1,345 words) - 01:26, 30 March 2024 |
Rae Dawn Chong (category Canadian film actresses) in films Beat Street (1984), American Flyers (1985), The Color Purple (1985), Commando (1985), Soul Man (1986), The Principal (1987), Tales from the Darkside... 18 KB (1,052 words) - 08:48, 24 April 2024 |
The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 American fantasy-romantic film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, and Danny... 19 KB (1,884 words) - 12:38, 18 April 2024 |
 | pattern of color. By his own account, the name "Purple Mark" predates his colorful self-presentation, dating back to when he was hit by a purple streak of... 4 KB (451 words) - 20:53, 13 April 2024 |
27, 2023 through Gamma Records as the second single from the soundtrack album of the 2023 film The Color Purple. The song is performed by american singer-songwriter... 9 KB (589 words) - 15:40, 23 March 2024 |
Miss Celie's Blues (category 1985 songs) "Sister", is a song from the Steven Spielberg film The Color Purple (1985), with music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton and lyrics by the two of them with Lionel... 3 KB (370 words) - 15:28, 21 April 2024 |
Witness is a 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Peter Weir. The film stars Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis and Lukas Haas, with Jan... 33 KB (3,576 words) - 22:08, 15 April 2024 |
Keep It Movin' (Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi song) (category Songs written for films) Gamma Records as the first promotional single from the soundtrack album of the 2023 film The Color Purple. The song is performed by the film actresses Halle... 7 KB (547 words) - 20:42, 6 March 2024 |
Harpo Productions (redirect from Harpo Films) California. The name "Harpo" is "Oprah" spelled backwards and it was also the name of her on-screen husband in the film The Color Purple (1985). The company's... 18 KB (1,583 words) - 16:38, 30 January 2024 |
Films with the most nominations without a single win: The Turning Point (1977) and The Color Purple (1985) (11 nominations each) Film with the most awards... 107 KB (635 words) - 15:57, 7 May 2024 |
American films released in 1985. The highest-grossing American films released in 1985, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: List of 1985 box... 96 KB (75 words) - 13:20, 30 March 2024 |
 | Allen Daviau (category Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in California) collaborations with Steven Spielberg on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Color Purple (1985), and Empire of the Sun (1987). He received five Academy Award... 10 KB (533 words) - 21:43, 13 March 2024 |
Willard E. Pugh (category American male film actors) film and television credits. He has appeared in notable mainstream Hollywood films such as The Color Purple and Air Force One as well as genre films such... 5 KB (342 words) - 00:14, 9 April 2024 |
 | Oscar (Film), and a Tony (Theater). Goldberg has received two Academy Award nominations, for The Color Purple and Ghost, winning for Ghost. She is the first... 18 KB (561 words) - 20:55, 6 April 2024 |
 | Dana Ivey (category American film actresses) adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple later that same year. Among her other film credits are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the 1995 remake of Sabrina, Simon... 19 KB (1,375 words) - 17:49, 20 February 2024 |
 | The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after... 44 KB (5,138 words) - 10:42, 8 May 2024 |
Desreta Jackson (category American film actresses) Young Celie in the movie The Color Purple. Jackson was born in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and migrated to the United States at the age of nine... 8 KB (413 words) - 18:49, 24 April 2023 |
 | List of awards and nominations received by Steven Spielberg (category Lists of awards received by film director) explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). Spielberg cemented his status as a serious filmmaker with the holocaust drama Schindler's... 67 KB (904 words) - 05:59, 7 May 2024 |
 | Alice Walker (category Antisemitism in the United States) became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. Over the span of... 57 KB (5,390 words) - 05:14, 25 April 2024 |
The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released... 72 KB (2,691 words) - 09:54, 15 April 2024 |