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Title: The Crucible (1996)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Daniel Day-Lewis | ... | John Proctor | |
| Winona Ryder | ... | Abigail Williams | |
| Paul Scofield | ... | Judge Thomas Danforth | |
| Joan Allen | ... | Elizabeth Proctor | |
| Bruce Davison | ... | Reverend Parris | |
| Rob Campbell | ... | Reverend Hale | |
| Jeffrey Jones | ... | Thomas Putnam | |
| Peter Vaughan | ... | Giles Corey | |
| Karron Graves | ... | Mary Warren | |
| Charlayne Woodard | ... | Tituba | |
| Frances Conroy | ... | Ann Putnam | |
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Elizabeth Lawrence | ... | Rebecca Nurse |
| George Gaynes | ... | Judge Samuel Sewall | |
| Mary Pat Gleason | ... | Martha Corey | |
| Robert Breuler | ... | Judge Hathorne | |
A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others' land and one young woman infatuated with a married man and determined to get rid of his innocent wife. Arthur Miller wrote the events and the subsequent trials where those who demanded their innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed as a parable of the Congressional Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1950's America. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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Based on possibly the greatest play ever written, The Crucible is a fabulous movie - it's hard to believe that it was actually distributed by 20th Century Fox, and not an independent company. Why it took so long to be adapted for the big screen is just baffling to me. Thank God that the genius behind the original text, Arthur Miller, was permitted to write the screenplay - and get an Oscar nomination for it! The cast are all to die for, with Winona Ryder proving she doesn't always have to play lovable characters like Charlotte Flax in Mermaids (1990), or Jo March in Little Women (1994) - her performance as the malicious Abigail Williams is just as outstanding. In her Oscar nominated portrayal of Elizabeth Proctor, Joan Allen leaves an indelible impression of marvellous acting. I was in tears in the scene where she and John Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) fall in love all over again. I sincerely hope that The Crucible will be shown in schools/colleges in years to come, to remind us of the horror that occurred in 17th century Salem. A work of cinematic genius.