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“The Color Purple” made a splash at the Christmas box office, comes from a powerful literary and cinematic lineage, and scored better with critics than best picture nominee “Maestro,” according to Rotten Tomatoes. And yet it only nabbed one Oscar nomination: Danielle Brooks in the best supporting actress category. While the lack of other nominations for the movie left many fans scratching their heads, Brooks’ nod is nonetheless interesting for Oscar watchers. In the movie, a musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, she plays Sofia. That happens to be the same role Oprah Winfrey played in the 1985 film adaptation -- resulting in a best supporting actress nomination for the talk show legend. Winfrey served as a producer for the new film, as did the prior movie’s director, Steven Spielberg, who was famously snubbed from a best director nomination in 1986 despite his film racking up 11 nods, including best picture. This is also not the first time two different actors have been nominated for the same role. Some examples: Marlon Brando and Robert DeNiro both won in different years for playing Vito Corleone in the first two “Godfather” movies, Kate Winslet and Judi Dench were both nominated for playing Iris Murdoch in “Iris,” Jeff Bridges was nominated for playing Rooster Cogburn in the “True Grit” remake decades after John Wayne won for the same part, and Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose both won best supporting actress for playing Anita in “West Side Story” — 60 years apart.