A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 27 wins & 106 nominations total
Tamela J. Mann
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- (as Tamela Mann)
- Director
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- TriviaDanielle Brooks and Corey Hawkins are good friends and former Juilliard classmates. Shortly after being cast as Harpo, Hawkins asked producer Scott Sanders to consider Brooks to play Sofia opposite him. She had previously starred as Sofia in the 2015 Broadway musical revival.
- GoofsWith the Gramaphone, the Reproducer, that holds the needle, is on the wrong side of the record and in reality would not work.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Project: Episode dated 22 January 2024 (2024)
- SoundtracksHuckleberry Pie
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Bray, Allee Willis and Brenda Russell
Performed by Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi
Produced by Nick Baxter and Stephen Bray
Halle Bailey appears courtesy of Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
Featured review
It was decent
It's a decent new adaptation of The Color Purple with gorgeous production designs, solid direction and good performances from the cast members. Director Blitz Bazawule does a solid work on handling the tone and setting alongside with the production sets, costumes, and camerawork being really colorful and beautiful. The musical singing moments, while some of the musical tracks weren't great, were solid with some pretty good lyrics and musical tones explored. Many of the performances were pretty good as there wasn't a single poor performance.
Since I have read the book and seen the first adaptation from Steven Spielberg which I really liked, I felt the emotional core and writing isn't as strong as it could be as there were some elements that felt thin and could have been explored a bit more. Since this is based on the broadway version, I haven't seen the broadway version so that might explain the disconnection. There were some pacing issues and some of the dialogue moments were a little odd. Overall, it's a decent adaptation but I prefer to watch Steven Spielberg's version.
Since I have read the book and seen the first adaptation from Steven Spielberg which I really liked, I felt the emotional core and writing isn't as strong as it could be as there were some elements that felt thin and could have been explored a bit more. Since this is based on the broadway version, I haven't seen the broadway version so that might explain the disconnection. There were some pacing issues and some of the dialogue moments were a little odd. Overall, it's a decent adaptation but I prefer to watch Steven Spielberg's version.
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- Dec 27, 2023
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- Also known as
- The Colour Purple
- Filming locations
- Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA(location)
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Box office
- Budget
- $100,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $60,619,191
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,737,072
- Dec 31, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $67,519,191
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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