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 1.851 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'. '.strtoupper('1')998