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Description of this Poster The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a 1985 American film, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes, based on the 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It is Spielberg's eighth film as director and it marks a turning point in his career, as he moves away from the summer blockbusters for which he had become known. It is also the first feature film directed by Spielberg whose music is not composed by John Williams, but by Quincy Jones, also a producer. The cast stars Whoopi Goldberg in her first role, with Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey in her film debut, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Willard Pugh and Adolph Caesar.
Filmed in Anson and Union counties in North Carolina, the film tells the story of a young African American woman named Celie Harris and shows the issues faced by African American women in the early 20th century, including domestic violence, incest, pedophilia, poverty, racism and sexism.
The film was a box office success, grossing $142 million on a budget of $15 million. The film received critical acclaim, particularly for the acting (notably Goldberg), direction, screenplay, music and production. However, it was also criticized by some for being "overly sentimental" and "stereotypical", and was boycotted by some sections of the NAACP for its depiction of rape. Nonetheless, the film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Goldberg, Best Supporting Actress for Avery and Winfrey, and Best Adapted Screenplay, but failed to win a single award. and Spielberg was not nominated for best director; at this point, it held the record for the film with the most nominations without an Oscar win since The Turning Point (1977). It also received four Golden Globe Award nominations, with Goldberg winning Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture. Spielberg received a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and a Golden Globe nomination. The film was later included in Roger Ebert's The Great Movies book series.
In rural Hartwell, Georgia in the early 20th century, Celie Harris is an African-American teenager who had two children born to rape by her abusive father, who removed them from their home before giving Celie in marriage to Albert "Mister" Johnson.
Mister, a widower, initially wanted to marry Nettie, Celie's younger sister, to whom he is attracted. He also abuses Celie, and her children mistreat her. One day, Nettie runs away from home because she is tired of fending off her father's sexual advances and seeks refuge with Celie, where the two promise to write to each other if they are separated. When Mister attempts to sexually assault Nettie, she fights back and he furiously kicks her out, fulfilling the promise she and Celie had made.
Years later, in 1916, Celie became sentimental due to her childhood abuse. Mister's son Harpo marries Sofia, and Celie is shocked to see her running a matriarchal household. Harpo tries to overpower and hit Sofia, but he fails. Celie advises Harpo to beat Sofia. Sofia fights back and confronts Celie, revealing her long history of abuse. She threatens to kill Harpo if he beats her again and tells Celie to do the same to Mister. After Harpo fails to change after years of continued abuse between them, Sofia leaves and takes their children.
Mister and Harpo bring home Shug Avery, an ailing showgirl and Mister's longtime mistress. Celie, who slowly grew fond of Shug thanks to a photo sent to Mister, is impressed by Shug's strong will. She treats Shug and Shug, in turn, takes a liking to her, writing and performing a song about her in Harpo's new jukebox, which he runs with his girlfriend, Squeak. Shug tells Celie that she is moving to Memphis, and Celie confides in Shug that Mister is beating her. Shug tells Celie that she is beautiful and that she loves her, and they kiss. Celie packs her things to follow Shug to Memphis, but she is caught by Mister.
Meanwhile, Sofia was imprisoned for hitting the town's mayor after he slapped her for insulting his wife. The years pass and she is nothing more than a shadow of herself. She is released from prison, but the judge immediately orders her to become a servant to the mayor's wife, Mrs. Millie. Having not seen her children in eight years, Sofia is given a Christmas by Mrs. Millie to be with her family after meeting Celie in town, but Mrs. Millie reneges after she panics while trying to leave the yard and failing. not engage the car in gear.
Shug returns to Celie and Mister with her new husband Grady, in town on business. Grady and Mister get drunk while Shug checks the mailbox. She finds a letter from Celie's sister in Africa. Shug gives Celie the letter from Nettie, who tells her that she works for a couple who adopted Celie's children. Celie and Shug realize that Mister hid Nettie's letters from Celie. While he and Grady are out drinking, Shug and Celie search the house and find a hidden compartment under the floorboards containing bundles of Nettie's unread letters.
Engulfed in her reading, Celie does not hear Mister's calls to shave him, and he slaps her. Celie tries to kill Mister with her razor, but Shug stops her. At a family reunion, Celie finally speaks out against Mister and his years of abuse, much to Shug's delight. This fighting spirit also causes Sofia to revert to her old self, and prompts Squeak to insist that men use her real name, Mary Agnes. Celie responds to Mister's taunts by cursing him. Shug and Grady leave, taking Celie and Mary with them.
Years later, Shug reunites with her father, who is a pastor, after years of estrangement due to his disapproval of her chosen life path. Mister became a lonely drunk and let his house and farm fall into ruin. Harpo has made amends with Sofia; they now run the bar together, and Shug always performs there when she comes to town. When Celie's father dies, she eventually learns, through Nettie's letters, that he was not their biological father after all. When their mother died, Celie and Nettie legally inherited "her" property, and the house and store that had belonged to her biological father passed to Celie.
Celie begins managing a tailor shop. Mister receives a letter from Nettie addressed to Celie, takes money from his secret stash and arranges for the return of Nettie, her husband and Celie's children from Africa to the United States. While Mister, redeemed, watches from afar, Celie, Nettie and the children reunite and the two sisters reunite around a game of tap dancing from their childhood.
