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The Scarlet Letter

  • 19951995
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  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
16K
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Demi Moore and Gary Oldman in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.
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An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
16K
YOUR RATING
    • Roland Joffé
    • Nathaniel Hawthorne(novel "The Scarlet Letter")
    • Douglas Day Stewart(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Demi Moore
    • Gary Oldman
    • Robert Duvall
    • Roland Joffé
    • Nathaniel Hawthorne(novel "The Scarlet Letter")
    • Douglas Day Stewart(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Demi Moore
    • Gary Oldman
    • Robert Duvall
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 108User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    Demi Moore and Gary Oldman in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
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    Demi Moore in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
    Demi Moore and Gary Oldman in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
    Robert Duvall in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
    Joan Plowright in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
    Demi Moore in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
    Demi Moore and Gary Oldman in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
    After imprisonment, and suffering disgrace and humiliation for participating in an adulterous affair, Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) and Reverend Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman) barely escape execution for their illegal crime of falling in love.
    Gary Oldman in The Scarlet Letter (1995)
    Hester Prynne (Demi Moore), Reverend Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman) and their illegitimate daughter Pearl (Bella Bruce) must fight to be recognized as a family.
    Sentenced by the governing religious body of the Puritan colony to publicly wear a red letter "A" as a badge of shame for her adulterous affair and illegitimate child, Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) refuses to repent or admit she has committed any crime.

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    Demi Moore
    Demi Moore
    • Hester Prynne
    Gary Oldman
    Gary Oldman
    • Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
    Robert Duvall
    Robert Duvall
    • Roger Chillingworth
    Lisa Andoh
    • Mituba
    • (as Lisa Joliffe-Andoh)
    Edward Hardwicke
    Edward Hardwicke
    • Gov. John Bellingham
    Robert Prosky
    Robert Prosky
    • Horace Stonehall
    Roy Dotrice
    Roy Dotrice
    • Rev. Thomas Cheever
    Joan Plowright
    Joan Plowright
    • Harriet Hibbons
    Malcolm Storry
    Malcolm Storry
    • Maj. Dunsmuir
    James Bearden
    James Bearden
    • Goodman Mortimer
    • (as Jim Bearden)
    Larissa Laskin
    Larissa Laskin
    • Goody Mortimer
    Amy Wright
    Amy Wright
    • Goody Gotwick
    George Aguilar
    George Aguilar
    • Johnny Sassamon
    Tim Woodward
    Tim Woodward
    • Brewster Stonehall
    Joan Gregson
    Joan Gregson
    • Elizabeth Cheever
    Dana Ivey
    Dana Ivey
    • Meredith Stonehall
    Diane Salinger
    Diane Salinger
    • Margaret Bellingham
    Jocelyn Cunningham
    • Mary Rollings
      • Roland Joffé
      • Nathaniel Hawthorne(novel "The Scarlet Letter")
      • Douglas Day Stewart(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Composer Elmer Bernstein reportedly wrote a letter to Demi Moore thanking her for rejecting his music score for this movie, so that he could use it to score a better movie. Moore was involved in getting John Barry to write the final score, because she wanted a score like the one he did for the romantic, and very successful Out of Africa (1985).
    • Goofs
      Nicholas Rice is credited as playing the clerk, but the role was actually played by someone else.
    • Quotes

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

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Assassins/Dead Presidents/How to Make an American Quilt/Strange Days/Persuasion (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Agnus Dei
      (Based on Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings")

      Performed by Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers

      (Adm. by G. Schirmen Inc. (ASCAP))

      Courtesy of Telarc International Corporation

    User reviews108

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    6/10
    Not that bad, actually
    I was expecting something really awful, but once I got about 15 minutes into the movie, I decided that the only way to enjoy it was to forget that it was "based on" a famous novel and just enjoy the movie for what it was. And I found myself very entertained.

    I was impressed with Gary Oldman's performance. It's nice to see him portray someone who isn't a psychotic ham and he did admirably well. Demi Moore suprised me with her acting and apart from a few stilted scenes and discomfort with the dialogue, I think she pulled it off pretty well. I found myself caring about her character and her relationship with Dimmesdale. Perhaps the bathing scene was a little too gratuitous -- c'mon, Demi, do you need to show it all? -- but it was only a few minutes out of 135.

    I wish that Pearl could have been given more screen time and character development and the woman who did her voiceover throughout the story left much to be desired. As did Robert Duvall's performance. I didn't much like his acting in this movie at all.

    The supporting cast was excellent: Joan Plowright, Edward Hardwicke, and others. The locations and set design were exquisite and the costumes were gorgeous.

    Overall, I thought it was a very good way to spend a couple hours. You see some early colonial atmosphere, something which is almost extinct in movies nowadays, and adequate and sometimes inspired acting. Just don't expect to see Hawthorne's novel on the screen. If you want to see the unhappy ending in all its self-mutilating glory, see Lillian Gish's silent version that is sometimes aired on Turner Classic Movies. 6/10
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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1995 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Allied Stars Ltd.
      • Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
      • Hollywood Pictures
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    • 2 hours 15 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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