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1z121 COLOR PURPLE advance one-sheet movie poster '85 Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah!

Date Sold 9/11/2008

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An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Advance One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 40 1/2") (Learn More)

The Color Purple, the 1985 Steven Spielberg black African American women's liberation incest/spousal abuse/lesbian awakening relationship melodrama ("It's about life. It's about love. It's about us."; "Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize Winning Story"; "Based upon the novel by Alice Walker"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Rae Dawn Chong, and Whoopi Goldberg (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; billed as "Introducing Whoopi Goldberg as Celie"; in her second movie role!), Oprah Winfrey (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), and Laurence Fishburne
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Important Added Info: Also note that this is a rare advance one-sheet (note the "Advanced" written in the lower left corner of the poster). Finally, note that this one-sheet measures 27" x 40 1/2". Please do not bid on it thinking that it is 27" x 40".

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