The Scarlet Letter

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

The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Timing: 2:15 (135 min)

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Release date

1995-10-13

Country

United States

Production

Hollywood Pictures, Moving Pictures, Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Allied Stars, Lightmotive

Genre

Drama, Romance, Western

Budget

$50 000 000

Revenue

$10 382 407

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Director

Roland Joffé

Actors

Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Robert Prosky, Edward Hardwicke, Joan Plowright, Roy Dotrice, Larissa Laskin, Amy Wright, Dana Ivey
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Scenario

Producer

Roland Joffé, Andrew G. Vajna, Dodi Fayed, Tova Laiter

Operator

Alex Thomson

Composer

John Barry

Artist

Audition

Elisabeth Leustig

Editing

Thom Noble
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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.

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