The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Regisseur:

Roland Joffé

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Nathaniel Hawthorne (novel)
Douglas Day Stewart (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

13. Oktober 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

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

Plot:

In 1666 in the Massachusetts Bay colony, Puritans and Algonquian have an uneasy truce. Hester arrives from England...

Plot Keywords:

Minister | Puritanism | Box Office Flop | Quaker | Massachusetts

Filmpreise:

1 win & 9 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Entertaining, sensuous and beautifully lensed film.

Besetzung

Demi Moore	...	Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman	...	Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall	...	Roger Chillingworth
Lisa Joliffe-Andoh	...	Mituba
Edward Hardwicke	...	Gov. John Bellingham
Robert Prosky	...	Horace Stonehall
Roy Dotrice	...	Rev. Thomas Cheever
Joan Plowright	...	Harriet Hibbons
Malcolm Storry	...	Maj. Dunsmuir
James Bearden	...	Goodman Mortimer (as Jim Bearden)
Larissa Laskin	...	Goody Mortimer
Amy Wright	...	Goody Gotwick
George Aguilar	...	Johnny Sassamon
Tim Woodward	...	Brewster Stonehall
Joan Gregson	...	Elizabeth Cheever

Alternativ:

Scharlachrote Buchstabe, Der (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and sexuality.

Länge:

135 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:18 | USA:R (certificate #34090) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 (bw) | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Drehorte:

Oyster River, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Allied Stars Ltd.

Dies und das:

Richard Gere, Daniel Day-Lewis and Anthony Hopkins were all considered for the male lead.

Dialogzitate:

Pearl: [voiceover] Who is to say what is a sin in God's eyes.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield (1997) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Agnus Dei

Entertaining, sensuous and beautifully lensed film.

I am an English major and have to say, yes, the book was better and this film is not equal but by itself as a "freely adapted" version it too has merit. It has a beautiful score by excellent film composer John Barry, superb acting by both Gary Oldman and Demi Moore (as a woman way ahead of her time) and even excellent supporting cast. It is beautifully filmed and on its own - is a rare romantic treat that would be great in a double feature with say "THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS" w/ Daniel Day Lewis. Oldman is terrific...his best role I believe. The only distraction....the always wonderful Robert Duvall as a madman...who starts to stray this film toward THE CRUCIBLE area of witchcraft.