The Color Purple (1985)
Racism, male chauvinism, incest, and domestic violence - all present in The Color Purple (1985) - were not typical Steven Spielberg themes in the mid 1980s. His recent directorial hits included Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and E.T. (1982). So Spielberg was definitely an unexpected choice to direct the screen …