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| Color Purple, The |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 29 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): |
15733 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (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:
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
Yes |
| (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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Reference LaserDisc: |
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Collector Edition: |
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DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
The picture, slightly overmatted at 1.90:1, appears to be the same transfer as the LaserDisc reviewed in Issue 1, and cannot compare to the DVD’s anamorphic widescreen picture, which was reviewed in Issue 25. Though sharpness and color fidelity are sometimes wanting, the picture is sure to please. The soundtrack features a lush, beautifully orchestral score by Quincy Jones. The LaserDisc’s Dolby® Digital soundtrack sounds virtually identical to the DVD’s, distinguished by split surrounds that are occasionally aggressive. The matrix surround on the LaserDisc is the same encoding on the release reviewed in Issue 1. While credited as a 5.1 Dolby Digital mix, the LaserDisc, like the DVD, is actually a 5.0 mix.
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