Which colour featured in the title of Whoopi Goldberg's first feature film?
"The Color Purple (film) The Color Purple is a 1985 American coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg with a screenplay by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, and was a change from the summer blockbusters for which he had become famous. The film was also the first feature-length film directed by Spielberg for which John Williams did not compose the music. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Desreta Jackson, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey (in her film debut), Rae Dawn"
"It was on this project that Spielberg also met his future wife, actress Kate Capshaw. In 1985, Spielberg released ""The Color Purple,"" an adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, about a generation of empowered African-American women during depression-era America. Starring Whoopi Goldberg and future talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey, the film was a box office smash and critics hailed Spielberg's successful foray into the dramatic genre. Roger Ebert proclaimed it the best film of the year and later entered it into his Great Films archive. The film received eleven Academy Award nominations, including two for Goldberg"
"and marking Ingram's first hits; the album also incorporated ""Baby, Come to Me"", on which Ingram duetted with Patti Austin. He and Thomas Newman are the only composers besides John Williams to have scored a Spielberg theatrical film. Spielberg directed a segment of """" that was scored by Jerry Goldsmith. Marking Jones's debut as a film producer, ""The Color Purple"" received 11 Oscar nominations that year. Additionally, through this picture, Jones is credited with introducing Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey to film audiences around the world. After the 1985 American Music Awards ceremony, Jones used his influence to draw most"
"to take drama classes. Her mother enrolled her in acting classes to keep her away from gang activity where they lived in California. After landing various roles in television and movies, Jackson earned a degree in Directing from Los Angeles City College. Jackson's career began after only a short time in acting school. She was at a casting call for the movie ""The Color Purple"" when she was spotted by Producer Reuben Cannon. She was called back for more casting calls after her first audition. She landed the role of the young Celie Harris (with Whoopi Goldberg as adult Celie),"
"Color. It was the first Ealing Studios film shot in color. Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) seeks solace from dashing Count Philip Konigsmark (Stewart Granger) when her husband Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), later to become King George I of Great Britain, wants nothing to do with her. The lovers are brought down by a jealous Countess Platen (Flora Robson). The novel, by Australian author Helen Simpson, was first published in 1935. It was the ""book of the month"" for the ""Evening Standard"". Simpson adapted the novel into a play but died in 1940 before any production took place. Film rights"
"Whoopi Goldberg) in Steven Spielberg's 1985 ""The Color Purple"", adapted from Alice Walker's novel of the same title, as Ruth in ""Badge of the Assassin"" (1985), as Jewel in John Singleton's ""Rosewood"" (1997), and as Patience in Antoine Fuqua's ""Tears of the Sun"" (2003). She has also appeared on television in the series ""ER"". Busia is the author of ""The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel"" (Washington Square Press, 1997, ). She was one of three co-writers for the screenplay adaptation of Toni Morrison's 1987 novel ""Beloved"" for the 1998 film version of the same name directed by Jonathan Demme."
"weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" awarded the film four stars, calling it ""the year's best film."" He also praised Whoopi Goldberg, calling her role ""one of the most amazing debut performances in movie history"" and predicting she would win the Academy Award for Best Actress. (She was nominated but did not win.) Ebert wrote of ""The Color Purple"": Ebert's long-time television collaborator, Gene Siskel of the ""Chicago Tribune"", praised the film as ""triumphantly emotional and brave,"" calling it Spielberg's ""successful attempt to enlarge"
"been broadcast and screened at venues around the world, including the Sundance, Berlin, Chicago, Sydney, and New York film festivals. William Farley (director) William Farley is an American film director, based in San Francisco. He directed Whoopi Goldberg in her first screen role, in the ensemble piece """" (1981-2). William Farley was raised in Braintree, Massachusetts, on Boston's south shore in a working-class family. His early life included training as a commercial artist and as a sculptor. Drafted by the U.S. Army, Farley worked as an illustrator for an intelligence unit. Farley's first film was made in 1970. As a"
"begin filming until she was satisfied that she would be shown to her best advantage. ""Drums Along the Mohawk"" (1939) with Henry Fonda was Colbert's first color film, which was the year's sixth domestic box-office success. However, she distrusted the relatively new Technicolor process and feared that she would not photograph well, preferring thereafter to be filmed in black and white. During this time, she began appearing for CBS's popular radio program ""Lux Radio Theater"", making 22 episodes between 1935 and 1954. She appeared for another radio program, ""The Screen Guild Theater"", making 13 episodes between 1939 and 1952. In"
"Primary Colors (film) Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was adapted from the novel ""Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics"", a ""roman à clef"" about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992, which was originally published anonymously, but in 1996 was revealed to have been written by journalist Joe Klein, who had been covering Clinton's campaign for ""Newsweek"". The film starred John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman and Adrian Lester. It was critically acclaimed but was a box office bomb, earning $52"
"Top 100 best film characters. Goldberg starred in ""Soapdish"" (1991) and had a recurring role on """" as Guinan, which she would reprise in two ""Star Trek"" films. On May 29, 1992, ""Sister Act"" was released. The motion picture grossed well over US $200 million and Goldberg was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Next, she starred in ""Sarafina!"". During the next year, she hosted a late-night talk show titled ""The Whoopi Goldberg Show"" and starred in two more motion pictures: ""Made in America"" and """". From 1994 to 1995, Goldberg appeared in ""Corrina, Corrina"", ""The Lion King"" (voice), ""The"
"of American actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey in ""The Color Purple"" with inspiring her to pursue a professional acting career. Nyong'o later attended St. Mary's School in Nairobi, where she received an IB Diploma in 2001. She went to the United States for college, graduating from Hampshire College with a degree in film and theatre studies. Nyong'o started her career working as part of the production crew for several films, including Fernando Meirelles's ""The Constant Gardener"" (2005), Mira Nair's ""The Namesake"" (2006), and Salvatore Stabile's ""Where God Left His Shoes"" (2007). She cites Ralph Fiennes, the British star of"
"Paramount to make her first color film ""The Garden of Allah"" (1936) for independent producer David O. Selznick, for which she received $200,000, and to Britain for Alexander Korda's production, ""Knight Without Armour"" (1937), at a salary of $450,000, which made her one of the best paid film stars. While both films performed respectably at the box office, her vehicles were costly to produce and her public popularity had declined. By this time, Dietrich placed 126th in box office rankings, and American film exhibitors proclaimed her ""box office poison"" in May 1938, a distinction she shared with Greta Garbo, Joan"
"three-color Technicolor process from the start. This created the opportunity for Walt Disney, who was then a small fledgling producer, to acquire a four-year exclusivity. With this, he created a new market for color cartoons beginning with ""Flowers and Trees"" (1932). In 1934 Paramount approved color production for Fleischer, but he was left with the limited two-color processes of Cinecolor (red and blue) and Two-Color Technicolor (red and green) for the first year of his ""Color Classics"". The first entry, ""Poor Cinderella"" was made in the two-emulsion/two color Cinecolor Process and starred Betty Boop in her only color appearance. By"
"and green light, but not red. Recording all three spectral regions required making film stock panchromatic to some degree. Since orthochromatic film stock hindered color photography in its beginnings, the first films with color in them used aniline dyes to create artificial color. Hand-colored films appeared in 1895 with Thomas Edison's hand-painted ""Annabelle's Dance"" for his Kinetoscope viewers. Many early filmmakers from the first ten years of film also used this method to some degree. George Méliès offered hand-painted prints of his own films at an additional cost over the black-and-white versions, including the visual-effects pioneering ""A Trip to the"
"was his first color film, and he was dissatisfied with the way the exteriors had been photographed in Technicolor. He had much of the flora native to the area hand-painted to give it a more authentic look. Although principal photography was completed in September 1946, it wasn't until April 30, 1948 that the film premiered in London. It opened in Los Angeles on May 26, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 17, and went into wide theatrical release in the United States on July 2. Wilder later confessed, ""The picture didn't come out what I"
"first color feature made in Hollywood, and the first Technicolor color feature anywhere that did not require a special projector to be shown. The film premiered on 26 November 1922 at the Rialto Theatre in New York City, and went into general release on 22 January 1923. When young Chinese woman Lotus Flower sees an unconscious man floating in the water at the seashore, she quickly gets help for him. The man is Allen Carver, an American. Soon the two have fallen in love, and they get married ""Chinese fashion"". Carver promises to take her with him when he returns"
"different color"" scene, Jell-O powder was used to color the white horses. Asbestos was used to achieve some of the special effects like the witch's burning broomstick and the fake snow that covers Dorothy as she sleeps in the field of poppies. The film is widely noted for its musical selections and soundtrack. The music was composed by Harold Arlen, and the lyrics were written by Yip Harburg, both of whom won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for ""Over the Rainbow"". The song was ranked first in two lists: the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs and the Recording Industry"
"The Color of Friendship The Color of Friendship is a 2000 television film based on actual events about the friendship between two girls; Mahree & Piper, one from the United States and the other from apartheid South Africa, who learn about tolerance and friendship. The film was directed by Kevin Hooks, based on a script by Paris Qualles, and stars Lindsey Haun and Shadia Simmons. In 1977, Piper Dellums (Shadia Simmons) is a black girl who lives in Washington, D.C. with her father, Congressman Ron Dellums (Carl Lumbly), an outspoken opponent of the South African apartheid system and the oppression"
"the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 38th awards ceremony. Spielberg received his first Directors Guild of America Award at the 38th awards ceremony for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. He became the first director to win the award without even being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The Color Purple (film) The Color Purple is a 1985 American coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg with a screenplay by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth film"
"the sketch comedy/variety show ""In Living Color"" in its third season by Kim Wayans. The sketch was a parody sequel to the Whoopi Goldberg film ""Ghost"". In the sketch, Goldberg's character Oda Mae (T'Keyah Keymah) meets the spirit of Sammy Davis Jr. (Tommy Davidson) to help him reunite with Altovise one last time. Long saddled with tax problems following the death of her husband, Altovise Davis was included in 2008 on the California Franchise Tax Board's list of the top 250 delinquent taxpayers, with $2,708,901.75 in unpaid personal income tax. She died of complications from a stroke on March 14,"
"of the first movies to use subtractive color was a silent film titled ""Cupid Angling"" (1918). In 1932, Walt Disney made the first film to use a red, green and blue color process (Technicolor), ""Flowers and Trees"". Three years later, the first feature length movie to be filmed entirely in 3-color Technicolor was ""Becky Sharp"". The first color features were made in the 1910s. The very first was ""With Our King and Queen Through India"" (1912). In 1917, Technicolor made their first film, a two-color additive film entitled ""The Gulf Between"" (1917), ""The Gulf Between"" was also the first color"
"For Colored Girls For Colored Girls is a 2010 American tragedy film adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 original choreopoem ""for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf"". Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, the film features an ensemble cast which includes Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandie Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray. The film depicts the interconnected lives of ten women, exploring their lives and struggles as women of color. It is the first film to be produced by 34th Street Films, an imprint of"
"The Color of Money The Color of Money is a 1986 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Richard Price, based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The film stars Paul Newman and Tom Cruise, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, and John Turturro in supporting roles. It features an original score by Robbie Robertson. Newman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, his first Oscar win after eight nominations, seven of them for Best Actor. The film continues the story of pool hustler and Edward ""Fast Eddie"""
"Pictures contract as a prize. Her first film was ""Horseplay"" in 1933, in which she had a minor role, with her first noticeable film being opposite Robert Young in the 1933 movie ""Saturday's Millions"". In 1934 she starred in six films. That year she starred in ""The Black Cat"", a horror film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. She also starred in the lead role opposite Reb Russell in ""Range Warfare"", and would be named a ""WAMPAS Baby Star"". Of the thirteen girls selected that year to be ""WAMPAS Baby Stars"", only four would see any success as actresses. It"
"fashion icon during the silent film era, beginning with her success in the film ""The Toll of the Sea"" (1922), the first color feature to be made in Hollywood. During her career she sought roles that portrayed Chinese and Asian Americans in a positive light, but these films never became famous except for a select few such as the film ""Daughter of Shanghai"" (1937). Frustrated by being stereotyped and typecast during her career in the United States, she moved to Europe, where she appeared in many plays and films, the most notable of which was the British film ""Piccadilly"" (1929)."
"""Sophie and the Moonhanger"" (1996); ""The Wedding"" (1998) as Halle Berry's mother; ""The Color of Courage"" (1998) alongside Linda Hamilton; and ""Deep in My Heart"" (1999) opposite Anne Bancroft. She also had the series regular role on the short-lived NBC detective series ""The Cosby Mysteries"" from 1994 to 1995, and later guest starred on ""Martin"" and ""Touched by an Angel"". In 1996, Whitfield was cast as a female lead opposite Martin Lawrence in the dark romantic comedy film, ""A Thin Line Between Love and Hate"". At the time of filming, Lawrence was 12 years younger than Whitfield, who was then"
"was published in ""Boy's Own Paper"". His first full-length film, ""The Unknown Forest"" (45 minutes) was shown on the BBC in 1961. Ashby had spent four years of his own time making it. The writer Richard Mabey says that this film ""permanently changed the standards for home-grown wildlife documentaries"". Among Ashby's other films was 1963's ""The Major"", the BBC's first wildlife film made in colour. Though originally broadcast in black and white, once screened in colour, in 1967, it became one of the Natural History Unit's most repeated shows. Unlike many of his early contemporaries, Ashby refused to film tame"
"Golden Dreams Golden Dreams is a film about the history of California. It was a featured attraction at Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opening with the park on February 8, 2001. It starred Whoopi Goldberg as Califia, the Queen of California. On September 7, 2008 the last showing of the film to the public was made. The theater was razed in July 2009 and was replaced by . However, the exterior replica of the Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts remained. The final showing took place as a private showing for cast members on"
"The Color of Time The Color of Time (aka Tar) is a 2012 drama film written and directed by twelve New York University film students: Edna Luise Biesold, Sarah-Violet Bliss, Gabrielle Demeestere, Alexis Gambis, Shruti Ganguly, Brooke Goldfinch, Shripriya Mahesh, Pamela Romanowsky, Bruce Thierry Cheung, Tine Thomasen, Virginia Urreiztieta and Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo. It stars James Franco, Henry Hopper, Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain and Zach Braff. It premiered on November 16, 2012 at the Rome Film Festival. It was released in the United Kingdom in 2014 under the new title ""Forever Love"". The film was released in the United States"
"and used in special effects sequences for films such as ""The Phantom of the Opera"" (1925). Eastman Kodak introduced its own system of pre-tinted black-and-white film stocks called Sonochrome in 1929. The Sonochrome line featured films tinted in seventeen different colors including Peachblow, Inferno, Candle Flame, Sunshine, Purple Haze, Firelight, Azure, Nocturne, Verdante, Aquagreen, Caprice, Fleur de Lis, Rose Doree, and the neutral-density Argent, which kept the screen from becoming excessively bright when switching to a black-and-white scene. Tinting and toning continued to be used well into the sound era. In the 1930s and 1940s, some western films were processed"
"budget, ""Noah's Ark"" was profitable. In 1929, Warner Bros. released ""On with the Show!"", the first all-color all-talking feature. This was followed by ""Gold Diggers of Broadway"" which would play in theaters until 1939. The success of these pictures caused a color revolution. Warner Bros. color films from 1929 to 1931 included ""The Show of Shows"" (1929), ""Sally"" (1929), ""Bright Lights"" (1930), ""Golden Dawn"" (1930), ""Hold Everything"" (1930), ""Song of the Flame"" (1930), ""Song of the West"" (1930), ""The Life of the Party"" (1930), ""Sweet Kitty Bellairs"" (1930), ""Under a Texas Moon"" (1930), ""Bride of the Regiment"" (1930), ""Viennese Nights"""
"so that very little of her voice was heard. She did minor voice-over work for several films, including ""The Clan of the Cave Bear"" (1986), ""Silverado"" (1985), ""Sixteen Candles"" (1984), ""Back to the Future Part II"" (1989), and ""The Color Purple"" (1985). Cartwright also voiced a shoe that was ""dipped"" in acid in ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"" (1988), describing it as her first ""off-screen death scene"", and worked to correctly convey the emotion involved. In 1985, she auditioned for a guest spot as Cynthia in ""Cheers"". The audition called for her to say her line and walk off the set."