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From: robertsl@stolaf.UUCP (Laurence C. Roberts)
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Subject: Re: Re: _The_Color_Purple_  (spoiler)
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 15:01:56 EDT
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> 
> I know that I should not take any aspect of Thompson's reviews seriously,
> but has "The Color Purple" actually been completed and released?  If so,
> when will it see general distribution?  The last I had heard, the movie was
> still in the initial stages of planning/production.
>                                      Hal Render
>                                      {pur-ee, ihnp4} ! uiucdcs ! render
>                                      render@uiuc.csnet     render@uiuc.arpa

According to an article in the latest issue of Publisher's Weekly, the movie
is to be released in December.  Kelvin had a fairly good description of
casting, but he might have got wrong who Rae Dawn Chong is playing (she plays
Shrimp, not Shug Avery.  A woman with the real last name of Avery, some
Chicago tv personality, plays Shug.)  Alice Walker is pretty involved with
the production, but with a white male scriptwriter and director...

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			   Laurence Roberts
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		I bet that J. S. Bach never wore legwarmers.