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‘The Color Purple’ Producers Oprah Winfrey & Scott Sanders On Gayle King’s Early Impact; Size Up Pic’s Box Office & Avail To Masses Post-Theatrical – Crew Call Podcast
On this morning’s Crew Call we talk with The Color Purple producers Oprah Winfrey and Scott Sanders on blazing a path for their Broadway musical to the big screen. Winfrey, who starred in Ste…
On this morning’s Crew Call we talk with The Color Purple producers Oprah Winfrey and Scott Sanders on blazing a path for their Broadway musical to the big screen. Winfrey, who starred in Steven Spielberg’s 1985 feature take of the Alice Walker novel gives props to best friend Gayle King for the actual Broadway musical. The feature production cost $90M before P&A, and despite a strong first Christmas day haul plus group previews of $18.1M, the movie, while it fired up the fanbase, hasn’t kept up its legs at the box office.
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