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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Film adaptations Fiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Alice Walker |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steven Spielberg; Whoopi Goldberg; Danny Glover; Oprah Winfrey; Alice Walker; Warner Bros.; Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 0790729717 9780790729718 |
| OCLC Number: | 38063484 |
| Language Note: | Closed captioned. Dialogue in English, with optional French soundtrack, and optional English, French and Spanish subtitles. |
| Notes: | Based on the novel by Alice Walker. Videodisc release of the 1985 motion picture by Warner Brothers. Dolby digital surround ; widescreen letterbox format; double-sided disc. Special features: interactive menus; scene access; production notes; 2 theatrical trailers. Special features: cast; production notes; awards; theatrical trailers; film flash. |
| Credits: | Music, Quincy Jones ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; production designer, G. Michael Riva ; director of photography, Allen Daviau ; executive producers, Jon Peters, Peter Gruber ; producers, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones ; screenplay, Menno Meyjes ; director, Steven Spielberg. |
| Cast: | Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD. |
| Contents: | side A. Feature film -- side B. Special features. |
| Responsibility: | Warner Brothers. |
Abstract:
An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.
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