FILM

Cast:

Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg
Margeret Avery
Oprah Winfrey

Director:
Steven Spielberg

Producer:
Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones

Written by:
Alice Walker (novel), Menno Meyjes (screenplay)

Distributor:
Warner Bros

Budget:
$15,000,000

Box Office:
$94,175,854

Awards:

Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture (Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones) 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 Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Menno Meyjes), Best Cinematography (Allen Daviau), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (J. Michael Riva, Bo Welch, Linda DeScenna), Best Costume Design (Aggie Guerard Rodgers), Best Music, Original Song (Quincy Jones (music/lyrics), Rod Temperton (music/lyrics), Lionel Richie (lyrics), For the song “Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)”) Best Music, Original Score (Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andraé Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber), Best Makeup (Ken Chase)
Won Goldben Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Whoopi Goldberg)

Rotten Tomatoes Score:
88%