The Most Iconic Book-to-Film Adaptations in the History of Cinema

16. The Color Purple

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In 1985, we witnessed Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. Whoopi Goldberg occupied the role of Celie (the story’s centerpiece). The film beautifully conveyed the turmoil of a black woman desperate to be appreciated in early 1900’s America. This was Whoopi Goldberg’s first film, and she received her first Oscar nomination for it.