``The Color Purple'' Debuts in Two-Disc DVD Special Edition from Warner Home Video February 18.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002 Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. : -- Warner Home Video Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Pulitzer Prize Win With Newly Remastered Edition Including Four All-New Documentaries Featuring Oprah Winfrey “Oprah” redirects here. For the show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. , Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, radio presenter, and author. Goldberg is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. , Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Spielberg, Walker and more Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple" -- which received 11 Oscar(R) nominations, including Best Picture, was the National Board of Review's Best Picture of the Year -- will be released by Warner Home Video (WHV WHV Wilhelmshaven (Northern Germany, Headquarters of the German Navy) WHV Warner Home Video WHV Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus WHV Working Holiday Visa WHV Westdeutscher Hockey-Verband (West German hockey association) ) as a deluxe two-disc DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Special Edition February 18. The double-disc DVD will sell for $27.95 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. . "The Color Purple" has been remastered with an all-new digital transfer and enhanced with four newly produced documentaries, which include interviews with Spielberg, Goldberg, Winfrey, Glover and Quincy Jones -- plus Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker who is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the award. Also included are producers Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and production designer Michael Riva; director of photography Allen Daviau; costume designer Aggie Rodgers; and actors Margaret Avery, Akosua Busia and Rae Dawn Chong Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian/American actress. Chong, a U.S. citizen, was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong, a comedian, actor, writer and director. . "The Color Purple," released in 1985, is marked by a number of firsts. Spielberg earned his first Best Director Award from the Directors Guild of America and both Winfrey and Goldberg made stellar feature film debuts, each receiving first Oscar(R) nominations for their roles. Goldberg also won a first Best Actress Golden Globe Award for the film and Winfrey earned a Golden Globe nomination. The movie's many talents participate in the following documentaries: -- Conversations with Ancestors: "The Color Purple" from Book to Screen -- A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting "The Color Purple" -- Cultivating a Classic: The Making of "The Color Purple" -- The Color Purple: The Musical Other features include behind the scenes cast photo galleries, theatrical and two teaser teaser an animal used to sexually tease but not to impregnate the members of the opposite sex. Usually males and they may be surgically prepared to ensure that they cannot mate or are not fertile. trailers. The DVD will be available in widescreen format and will include Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 sound, English and French languages and subtitles in French and Spanish.
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