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The Scarlet Letter

"When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all."

1995-10-13 Drama 2hr 15m

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.

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Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.

  • Released
    1995-10-13
  • Revenue
    $10,382,407
  • Budget
    $50,000,000
  • Runtime
    2hr 15m
  • Genre
    Drama, Romance, Western
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    5.3
  • Production
    Cinergi Pictures, Lightmotive, Allied Stars, Moving Pictures, Hollywood Pictures

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Cast

Demi Moore

Demi Moore

Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Roger Chillingworth
Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

Horace Stonehall
Edward Hardwicke

Edward Hardwicke

Gov. John Bellingham
Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Harriet Hibbons
Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice

Rev. Thomas Cheever
Larissa Laskin

Larissa Laskin

Goody Mortimer
Amy Wright

Amy Wright

Goody Gotwick
Dana Ivey

Dana Ivey

Meredith Stonehall
Sarah Campbell

Sarah Campbell

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A Review by Geronimo1967 5

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-03-28

Heavens, but this is heavy going. Demi Moore is "Hester", sent on to a Massachusetts colony ahead of her husband to set up their new home. D... read more

Heavens, but this is heavy going. Demi Moore is "Hester", sent on to a Massachusetts colony ahead of her husband to set up their new home. Determined to stand on her own two feet, she invites the enmity of the community by insisting on living on her own. Her only ally seems to be the preacher "Dimmesdale" (Gary Oldman) and he becomes more crucial when it looks like her husband has been killed in a shipwreck and when, shortly thereafter, she becomes pregnant. Determined not to reveal the identity of the father, she endures the disdain from her somewhat puritanical neighbours and both her and her daughter are shunned. Suddenly, enter Robert Duvall ("Roger") her long lost, and not very likeable, husband who decides that vengeance shall be his - and a burning might soon be in the offing. Despite an half decent cast, with some very solid supporting characters from the likes of Edward Hardwicke and Joan Plowright, the story is stolid in it's delivery. The opportunities to illustrate and expose the superstitious and hypocritical standards of the day; of the population who lived in a male-dominated, god-fearing society are lost in a stodgy dialogue with repetitive scenarios that look good, but take the story forward with the speed of a rhino stuck in treacle. This suffered from too much resource, too long a filming schedule and a very weakly delivered narrative and at the end I may well have volunteered myself for the flames.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

Heavens, but this is heavy going. Demi Moore is "Hester", sent on to a Massachusetts colony ahead of her husband to set up their new home. Determined to stand on her own two feet, she invites the enmity of the community by insisting on livi...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 5

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-03-28

Heavens, but this is heavy going. Demi Moore is "Hester", sent on to a Massachusetts colony ahead of her husband to set up their new home. Determined to stand on her own two feet, she invites the enmi...

read more