The Color Purple - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Color Purple"
The Color Purple (1985)
Timing: 2:34 (154 min)
The Color Purple - TMDB rating
7.726/10
1944
The Color Purple - Kinopoisk rating
7.873/10
13191
The Color Purple - IMDB rating
7.7/10
104000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Carole Isenberg
Producer

Executive Producer

Photo Peter Guber #72627
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
Photo Jon Peters #24837
Jon Peters
Executive Producer

Editor

Art Direction

Photo Bo Welch #23918

Bo Welch

Bo Welch
Art Direction

Costume Design

Stunts

Photo Tony Brubaker #33739
Tony Brubaker
Stunts

Production Design

Photo J. Michael Riva #15701
J. Michael Riva
Production Design

Set Decoration

Linda DeScenna
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Richard Alonzo
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

Photo Quincy Jones #66949

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer

Orchestrator

Jerry Hey
Orchestrator
Photo Fred Steiner #87530
Fred Steiner
Orchestrator
Joel Rosenbaum
Orchestrator
Jack Hayes
Orchestrator
Randy Kerber
Orchestrator
Jorge Calandrelli
Orchestrator

Stunt Double

Director of Photography

Photo Allen Daviau #73616

Allen Daviau

Allen Daviau
Director of Photography

Screenplay

Photo Menno Meyjes #87529
Menno Meyjes
Screenplay

Novel

Songs

Rod Temperton
Songs
Andraé Crouch
Songs
David Del Sesto
Songs
Bill Maxwell
Songs

ADR Editor

Alan L. Nineberg
ADR Editor

Second Assistant Camera

Robert Samuels

Robert Samuels
Second Assistant Camera

Music Arranger

Andraé Crouch
Music Arranger

Lyricist

Rod Temperton
Lyricist

What's left behind the scenes

  • Whoopi Goldberg's first feature film role. Her name is even listed in the opening credits with the line "Introducing Whoopi Goldberg."
  • Oprah Winfrey's first role in a film.
  • Steven Spielberg tried for a long time to persuade singer Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens) to play the role of Shug Avery. She admitted she was afraid and refused all requests. Singers Tina Turner, Lola Falana, and Diana Ross also turned down the role of Shug.
  • Steven Spielberg deeply regrets not having the courage to depict a romantic relationship between Celie and Shug in the film. At the time, he feared that lesbian love would alienate audiences.
  • Oprah Winfrey was in a weight-loss clinic when she was informed she had been cast as Sofia. She had to leave the clinic urgently, as the role of Sofia required a certain degree of plumpness.
  • The street scenes were filmed in Marshville, North Carolina. The city authorities did not allow the removal of a lamppost during filming, so it had to be covered with a fake tree.
  • The argument between Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey occurred right during the filming of this movie.
  • This was the only film nominated for "Best Picture" this year that did not win any Academy Awards, although the film was nominated for a total of 11 Oscars.
  • While Steven Spielberg was working on this film, his first child was born. Spielberg had to leave the set and go home, and this happened during the preparation for the scene where Sely gives birth. The assistant director took over the filming. While at home, Spielberg recorded the cry of the newborn, and these sounds were later overlaid on the scene of Sely's childbirth.
  • This was Whoopi Goldberg's first feature film. Her name is even mentioned in the opening credits with the line "Introducing Whoopi Goldberg."
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