The Color Purple

Alt Titles: Moon Song (fake working title)
Company:Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
Award Year:1985
Country:USA
Language:English
Genre:Drama
Length:154 minutes   (2:34)
Rating:PG-13
More Info:Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Best Picture. Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, Producers.
Actress in a Leading Role. Whoopi Goldberg.
Actress in a Supporting Role. Margaret Avery.
Actress in a Supporting Role. Oprah Winfrey.
Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by J. Michael Riva and Robert W. Welch; set decoration by Linda DeScenna.
Cinematography. Allen Daviau.
Costume Design. Aggie Guerard Rodgers.
Makeup. Ken Chase.
Music (Original Score). Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey and Randy Kerber.
Music (Original Song). “Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)”. Music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; lyric by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie.
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Menno Meyjes.

11 Nominations