Director : Steven Spielberg
Writers:Alice Walker (novel) Menno Meyjes (screenplay)
Release Date:18 December 1985 (USA)
Genre:Drama
Tagline:Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize Winning Story.
Quotes :
Harpo: Now come now, you know who this is.
Squeak: She best'a leave you alone.
Sophia: Fine with me.
Harpo: [to Sophia] You ain't got to go nowhere. Dis here my jut-joint.
Squeak: [to Harpo] You said dis here our jut-joint!
Harpo: Listen woman can't a man dance with his wife if he wants to?
Squeak: Not if she left'm!
Academy nominations:
Best Actress in a Leading Role : Whoopi Goldberg
Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Margaret Avery
Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Oprah Winfrey
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration : J. Michael Riva / Bo Welch /Linda DeScenna
Best Cinematography :Allen Daviau
Best Costume Design : Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Best Makeup : Ken Chase
Best Music, Original Score : Quincy Jones / Jeremy Lubbock / Rod Temperton /Caiphus Semenya / Andraé Crouch / Chris Boardman 7 Jorge Calandrelli /Joel Rosenbaum / Fred Steiner / Jack Hayes / Jerry Hey /Rand Kerber
Best Music, Original Song :Quincy Jones / Rod Temperton /Lionel Richie (lyrics) For the song "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)".
Best Picture :Steven Spielberg /Kathleen Kennedy /Frank Marshall/ Quincy Jones
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium : Menno Meyjes
