The Scarlet Letter (1995 film)
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| The Scarlet Letter | |
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 When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all. |
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| Directed by | Roland Joffé |
| Produced by | Robert Colesberr Jonathan Cornick Dodi Fayed Roland Joffé Tova Laiter Andrew G. Vajna |
| Written by | Douglas Day Stewart based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Starring | Demi Moore Gary Oldman Robert Duvall |
| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Editing by | Thom Noble |
| Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures Cinergi Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 13, 1995 |
| Running time | 135 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$50,000,000 |
| IMDb profile | |
The Scarlet Letter is the 1995 film version of the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, The Scarlet Letter. It was directed by Roland Joffé. This version was "freely adapted" from Hawthorne (according to the opening credits) and took many liberties with the original story and features a happy ending. It was filmed in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. It was nominated for the Razzie for "worst picture."
[edit] External links
- The Scarlet Letter at the Internet Movie Database
- San Francisco Chronicle review
- Reading Hawthorne in a gender-biased academy (refers to this film version)
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