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Cast

Whoopi Goldberg
as Celie

Danny Glover
as Albert Johnson

Margaret Avery
as Shug Avery

Oprah Winfrey
as Sofia

Willard E. Pugh
as Harpo

Akosua Busia
as Nettie

Desreta Jackson
as Young Celie

Adolph Caesar
as Old Mr.

Rae Dawn Chong
as Squeak

Dana Ivey
as Miss Millie

Leonard Jackson
as Pa

Reuben Cannon

Bennet Guillory
as Grady

John Patton Jr.
as Preacher

Carl Anderson (II)
as Rev. Samuel

Susan Beaubian
as Corrine

James Tillis
as Buster

Phillip Strong
as Mayor

Job Seda

Laurence Fishburne
as Swain

Peto Kinsaka
as Adam

Lelo Masamba
as Olivia

Margaret Freeman
as Odessa

Howard Starr
as Young Harpo

Daphaine Oliver
as Young Olivia

Jadili Johnson
as Young Adam

Lillian Njoki Distefano
as Young Tashi

Donna Buie
as Daisy

Leon Rippy
as Store Clerk

John Hart
as Mailman

David Thomas
as Road Gang Leader

Carrie Murray
as Loretta

Juliet Poe
as Church Sister

Katie Simon
as Church Sister

Ethel Taylor
as Church Sister

Marcus Covington
as Boy

Marcus Liles
as Boo

April Myers
as Emma

Maurice Moore
as Child

Lechanda Lathrap
as Child

Drew Bundini Brown
as Jook Joint Patron

Arnold Turner
as Jook Joint Patron

Jeris Poindexter
as Jook Joint Patron

Saunders Sonny Terry
as Jook Joint Musician

Greg Phillinganes
as Jook Joint Musician

Hawthorne James
as Jook Joint Patron

Roy Gaines
as Jook Joint Musician

Paulinho da Costa
as African Musician

Nana Yaw Asiedu
as African Musician

Clarence Avant
as African Musician

Bayo Martin
as African Musician

Ndugu Chancler
as African Musician

Jeffrey Kwashi
as African Musician

Pete Munzhi
as African Musician

Aniijia Rae Shockley
as African Musician

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Audience Reviews for The Color Purple

• Dec 09, 2011

  This was the first time Spielberg made a serious picture about serious issues of American History. Everything about this film is wonderful, production design, script acting, cast, direction; It just captures your heart! It was first film for Whoopi Goldberg whoose performace is direct stardom. Its a shame this got No Academy Awards, then again theres plenty of films that have that result, but this will always remain a classic!
  Luke E Super Reviewer
• Dec 02, 2011

  The Color Purple is a beautiful and strong film that is driven by great performances and a incredible script. Whoopi Goldberg's first acting credit is phenomenal and watching her just puts a smile on our face, and the iconic dinner scene where she finally yells as Danny Glover is possibly the finest acting in her career to this day. Danny Glover is also great, he is cruel and really plays an evil role very well. The story has so many conflicts and yet we still see the film as beautiful, but with so many conflicts why do we see it as beautiful? It's because the main character is a beautiful woman on the inside and never loses hope, and her relationship with her sister is a truly beautiful character study. I see beauty in this film and the characters, and the actors fill the characters perfectly and make them their own. I loved the setting and the costumes, it really all had an innocent feel to it. The Color Purple is one of Steven Spielberg's most personal films as he shows cruelty and racism at its worst, and its just another reminder that Spielberg is one of cinema's greatest visionary's.
  Bradley W Super Reviewer
• Aug 22, 2011

  The Color Purple is a very touching and lovingly-made film from Steven Spielberg that captures the life of Southern black women in the years 1909 through 1949 and is both poignant and emotionally moving as well as disturbing at times. The film follow Whoopi Goldberg's character Celie who is basically a servant and sex slave to her abusive (emotionally and physically) husband who separates her from her sister who was her rock. Over the course of the film we see Celie grow from a scared and timid girl to a strong and independent woman and one who is filled with passion and perseverance! The film is a little over 2 and a half hours but is filled with such great performances from Glover, Goldberg and Winfrey as well as the supporting cast that there is no wasted screen time and while it falters in a few moments, makes up for it with such loving care in the way it is filmed and enacted that you simply forgive it's faults.
  

  Chris B Super Reviewer
• Aug 12, 2011

  Smart, poignant, honest, subtle, and thoroughly moving. The story reminds me of The Shawshank Redemption, only we are following a southern black woman in the first 4 decades of the 20th century and her prison consists of sexually, physically, and verbally abusive men, complete isolation from the only person who cared about her, and greatest of all, her heart-breaking view of her self. But there is redemption, and it will run deep into your soul. Great cast. Oprah and Whoopi really do transcend themselves, proving they can act with the best of them.
  

  Matthew S Super Reviewer

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