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Where was The Color Purple (1985) filmed?

1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg

The Color Purple (1985) was filmed in Los Angeles, Nairobi, Union County, Anson County, Wadesboro, Lilesville and 3 more places, 9 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States, Kenya. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as North Carolina. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.

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Places per Wikipedia's article

The article names 9 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Places whose own article says it was shot there

1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

Recorded only at country level

Wikidata also records this film as shot in North Carolina, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable (a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote), so they are listed here instead of guessed at.

Filming locations that are mapped there: United States

Also shot in these places

Set in the same places

Frequently asked questions

How many filming locations does The Color Purple have?

No place recorded on Wikidata, but 9 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.

Which other productions were filmed at the same places?

Pulp Fiction (1994), The Dark Knight (2008), Back to the Future (1985), Fight Club (1999) and 8 more, each listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.