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13 October 1995 (USA) moreTagline:
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... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 9 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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"Who is to say what is a sin in God's eyes?" more (72 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Rated R for violence and sexuality.Parents Guide:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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USA:R (certificate #34090) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 (f) (bw) | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15Fun Stuff
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'Meg Ryan' lobbied hard for the part of Hester Prynne. moreQuotes:
Pearl: My father died before I reached my teens. Some say that was a punishment. My mother never remarried or loved another. Some say THAT was a punishment. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Lara Flynn Boyle/Bon Jovi (#26.19)" (2001) moreSoundtrack:
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For my point of view "The Scarlet Letter" is a good film with great performances… All the actors do a superb job… I was worried that Demi Moore might not have the range to handle the role of Mistress Prynne, but she is excellent... She is strong, passionate, intelligent and damaged… In another place and time she might have been a leader; in this movie she is quite believable as the woman who defends her love at all costs… Gary Oldman looks perfect as Reverend Dimmesdale… He projects force and sexual magnetism along with the guilt for his sin…
The film opens in 1666 when Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony filled with hope that here, at last, in this new World, would come the freedom to worship without fear or persecution… She didn't suspect that beyond the trees there is a savage land of savage passions dark and untamed, and that soon she will face a scornful community in which she will forever be shamed by the scarlet letter…
Mistress Prynne rejected the idea of staying in the congregation until her husband's arrival and looked for a house of her own… She finds a beautiful and frightening place, just as 'Eden must have been so untouched…'
On one Sabbath morning, Hester met Reverend Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman) who helps her when her cart got stuck in the woods… She truly enjoyed, few minutes later, his sermon … It was rare, for her, to find a man so young and fiery who could speak with such force of passion… She was moved by his passion…
Dimmesdale thought that comprehending God was going to be his greatest challenge, but—after he met Hester—he was not the man he seems to be… He lost his power before this seductress beautiful woman… He lived in this township his whole life and his purpose was clear… But now he would risk everything—his life, his ministry, his soul—just to spend a few moments alone with her… After he asked her why that morning in the forest, she didn't say that she is married, he wondered how she were able to see so deeply into his nature…
From that moment, two hearts were there struggling against a love that grew stronger with each passing day…
Hester was courteous enough but her tongue knew no rules… She earned more than a few reprimands in her life for speaking too bluntly… With a frightening strength, she challenged her persecutors and stood up to their hypocrisy, refusing to reveal her lover's identity…
"The Scarlet Letter" compels us to recognize the shadow side of our lives, including this passion that pushes us beyond our limits... The climax also compels us to contemplate about whether there is anything that we would be willing to die for…