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| Color Purple, The |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 01 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong & Whoopi Goldberg |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Warner Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
11534AB |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$29.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
154 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1985 |
| (LD Release Date): |
7/87 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Steven Spielberg |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Menno Meyjes |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Quincy Jones |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
J. Michael Riva |
| (Visual Effects): |
NA |
| (Costume Designer): |
Aggie Guerard Rodgers |
| (Editor): |
Michael Kahn, ACE |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Richard L. Anderson |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Jon Peters & Peter Guber |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo A |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
The Color Purple received eleven Academy Award®-nominations and countless “Best Picture of the Year” awards. Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this is a powerful, richly textured, decades spanning story of the indomitable Celie (Goldberg), a young woman forced to marry a brutal man she calls “Mister” (Glover) in the deep American south. Goldberg won the Best Actress Golden Globe Award and an Oscar® nomination—and the acclaim for her impressive portrayal as her best work ever.
LaserDisc Picture:
This is one of those rare perfect films of the heart that you will never forget. Allen Daviau’s gorgeous natural-looking cinematography is fully complemented by the richly balanced colors of this matted1.66:1 transfer.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The inspired music score by Quincy Jones was wonderfully recorded on the old MGM sound stage by Bruce Botnick.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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