Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play.  Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer prize-winning novel, The Color Purple is the richly textured, decades-spanning story of Celie, an uneducated woman living in the rural American south. Forced to marry a brutal man she calls "MR.", Celie turns inward and shares her grief only with God. But she is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive. Actors Danny Glover, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caeser, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery & Carl Anderson Director Steven Spielberg Certificate 15 years and over Year 1985 Screen Widescreen 1.85:1 Languages Side A & B: English - Dolby Digital (5.1) Subtitles Side A & B: English ; Arabic ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours and 28 minutes (approx)