DVD Special Features Conversations With Ancestors: The Color Purple From Book to Screen (27 minutes) A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting The Color Purple (29 minutes) Cultivating a Classic: The Making of The Color Purple (24 minutes) The Color Purple: The Musical Behind the scenes and cast photo galleries x 3 theatrical trailers DVD Technical Information: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen Anamorphic Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, German, Romanian Hearing Impaired: English and Italian Running time: 148 minutes Running Time: 148 minutes Region: Region 2 Subtitles: English|Arabic Release Date: 25 Sept. 1998