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Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 1986 · Winner
Academy Award Actress in a Supporting Role 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Original Score) 1986 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Costume Design 1986 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Adapted Screenplay 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Original Song) 1986 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Best Picture 1986 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Actress in a Leading Role 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Makeup 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Art Direction 1986 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1986 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography 1986 · Nominated
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Steven Spielberg. 1986 Winner Golden Globe. Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. Whoopi Goldberg. 1986 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. Oprah Winfrey. 1986 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Original Score - Motion Picture.
The Color Purple was nominated for 11 Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Best Actress for Goldberg and Best Supporting Actress for both Avery and Winfrey). It failed to win any of them, tying the record set by 1977's The Turning Point for the most Oscar nominations without a single win.
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- December 18, 1985 (United States)
- Quincy Jones
Dec 25, 2022 · By Jeff Somers / Dec. 24, 2022 10:30 pm EST. Alice Walker's 1982 novel "The Color Purple" won the Pulitzer Prize for literature. As noted by The Nation, Walker was the first Black woman to win the award, and her victory sparked immediate controversy.
- Jeff Somers
Nov 17, 2023 · Fantasia Barrino, who played Celie on Broadway, stars in the movie musical adaptation of Alice Walker's book. She and her co-stars Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson and Halle Bailey could compete for Oscars in various categories.
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Feb 7, 1986 · The Color Purple: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey. A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
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- Drama
Nov 30, 2023 · Oscars 2024: As ‘The Color Purple’ arrives, the best picture race comes into focus. “The Color Purple,” starring Fantasia Barrino, center, Taraji P. Henson, left and Danielle Brooks,...
Music (Original Song) - Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) in "The Color Purple" Music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; Lyric by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie Best Picture - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, Producers