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Oprah to give 'Color Purple' a new shot at Oscars & Globes

December 5, 2007 |  2:50 pm

Oprah Winfrey's nomination for best supporting actress of 1985 was one of 11 record-setting Oscar bids. "The Color Purple" ended up tying "The Turning Point" as suffering the worst shut-out in Academy Awards history.

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When Oprah decided to produce a new musical adaptation for Broadway two years ago, it earned 11 Tony nominations — the same tally as it earned at the Oscars. But it wasn't totally snubbed. It reaped one win for best lead actress LaChanze.

The original film version fared a bit better at the Golden Globes where it had six nominations and one win — for Whoopi Goldberg as best acress.

Yesterday Oprah let slip some news she hadn't planned on announcing while touting the new Denzel Washington movie she produced, "The Great Debaters" during a press conference with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association " A journo asked Oprah if she's planning on making a film of the new musical version of "The Color Purple," much like "Hairspray" and "The Producers" recently went from non-musical screen original to Broadway tuner adaptation to film musical.

Oprah paused awkwardly, held her breath for a second, then blurted out, "Actually, I am." But she offered no further details.

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Spielberg has said he wants to direct a musical.
Would he remake his own film? THAT would be interesting.

Fantasia would be great as Celie in the Movie musical of The Color Purple, she is magnificent in the Broadway version. Can't wait to hear more details.



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