The Scarlet Letter (1995)

R10/13/1995Drama, Romance2h 15m
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When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Demi Moore

    Hester Prynne

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    Gary Oldman

    Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

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    Robert Duvall

    Roger Chillingworth

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    Lisa Andoh

    Mituba

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    Edward Hardwicke

    Gov. John Bellingham

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    Robert Prosky

    Horace Stonehall

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    Roy Dotrice

    Rev. Thomas Cheever

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    Joan Plowright

    Harriet Hibbons

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    Malcolm Storry

    Maj. Dunsmuir

**_A glimpse of what it was like to live on the Northeast coast in the mid-1600s_** Hester Prynne arrives at the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666 (Demi Moore) to set up a homestead in preparation for her husband. As she gets to know the local pastor, Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman), they get word of tragedy concerning her spouse (Robert Duvall). "The Scarlet Letter” (1995) is notorious for being one of the worst adaptions of a well-known novel ever made, but movies usually make significant changes, such as Coppola & writer James Hart adding a love story to “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” which ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$50,000,000.00

Revenue $10,382,407.00

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