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The Scarlet Letter Director: Roland Joffé Cast: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Robert Prosky

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  • DVD Release Date: 06/04/2002
  • Original Release: 1995
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 8,209

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Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Full-screen (1.33:1)

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Side #1 --
1. Mistress Prynne Arrives
2. Reverend Dimmesdale
3. New Friends
4. Forbidden Love
5. The Arrest of Hester Prynne
6. Punishment
7. True Identity
8. Revenge
9. Strength
10. Justice

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel of hypocrisy among America's pilgrims was brought to the screen by director Roland Joffe in this 1995 feature. Demi Moore stars as Hester Prynne, a new arrival to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666. Prynne, who interacts freely with slaves and Quakers and wears revealing garb, is something of a free thinker and off-putting to the uptight locals. She awaits the arrival of her husband, Roger (Robert Duvall), but he is reported killed. One person who does not find Prynne unsettling is the new preacher, Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman). A torrid encounter between them produces a child, Pearl, and Hester is condemned by the colony, forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" (for "adultery"). Roger reappears; he had been living with a native tribe -- an experience that has driven him mad. He masquerades as "Roger Chillingsworth," trying to discover the identity of Pearl's father. When Hester is about to be executed, Dimmesdale confesses, but a timely Indian raid intervenes, saving him and Hester. The Scarlet Letter was widely derided by critics for sexualizing and changing Hawthorne's novel to an absurd degree. Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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Scarlet Letterby Anonymous

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March 22, 2005: The Scarlet Letter is about sin and sex. If you choose sin over sex, then you will like the book better. If you choose sex over sin, then you will like the movie better.The movie was much more interesting then the book.

Scarlet Letterby Anonymous

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June 22, 2004: I read the book for my English class and then decided to watch the movie, since I enjoyed the book so much. I do agree that Gary Oldman was perfect as Arthur Dimmesdale. He was very good at portraying the inner conflicts suffered by Dimmesdale. He is sexy without having to try. He definetly is the highlight of the entire movie. It it a decent protrayal of the book. I do like the fact the movie shows how Hester and Arthur's relationship developed, instead of in the book where it just starts as she is released from prison. I also liked the fact that in the movie, Hester was unashamed of her love and felt that it was no sin to love. Demi Moore portrays Hester as being a stronger, more independent woman, than her character was in the book. The movie is really good and I really did enjoy it.


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