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The Crucible

  • 19961996
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
39K
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Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Crucible (1996)
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A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
39K
YOUR RATING
    • Nicholas Hytner
    • Arthur Miller(play)
  • Stars
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Winona Ryder
    • Paul Scofield
    • Nicholas Hytner
    • Arthur Miller(play)
  • Stars
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Winona Ryder
    • Paul Scofield
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 146User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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    Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Crucible (1996)
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    Paul Scofield in The Crucible (1996)
    Daniel Day-Lewis in The Crucible (1996)
    Daniel Day-Lewis in The Crucible (1996)
    Winona Ryder, Bruce Davison, and Rachael Bella in The Crucible (1996)
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    Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Crucible (1996)

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    Daniel Day-Lewis
    Daniel Day-Lewis
    • John Proctor
    Winona Ryder
    Winona Ryder
    • Abigail Williams
    Paul Scofield
    Paul Scofield
    • Judge Thomas Danforth
    Joan Allen
    Joan Allen
    • Elizabeth Proctor
    Bruce Davison
    Bruce Davison
    • Reverend Parris
    Rob Campbell
    Rob Campbell
    • Reverend Hale
    Jeffrey Jones
    Jeffrey Jones
    • Thomas Putnam
    Peter Vaughan
    Peter Vaughan
    • Giles Corey
    Karron Graves
    Karron Graves
    • Mary Warren
    Charlayne Woodard
    Charlayne Woodard
    • Tituba
    Frances Conroy
    Frances Conroy
    • Ann Putnam
    Elizabeth Lawrence
    Elizabeth Lawrence
    • Rebecca Nurse
    George Gaynes
    George Gaynes
    • Judge Samuel Sewall
    Mary Pat Gleason
    Mary Pat Gleason
    • Martha Corey
    Robert Breuler
    Robert Breuler
    • Judge Hathorne
    Rachael Bella
    Rachael Bella
    • Betty Parris
    Ashley Peldon
    Ashley Peldon
    • Ruth Putnam
    Tom McDermott
    Tom McDermott
    • Francis Nurse
      • Nicholas Hytner
      • Arthur Miller(play) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Daniel Day-Lewis met his wife Rebecca Miller, the daughter of Arthur Miller, while shooting the film.
    • Goofs
      The word "pregnant" would not have been the choice of word in the 17th century for a woman with child. That would have been not an appropriate way to describe the condition. It is spoken twice.
    • Quotes

      John Proctor: Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them you have hanged! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: 101 Dalmatians/Hype!/The Crucible/Palookaville/Ridicule (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      The Yanvalou Chant
      Provided by Shakmah Winddrum

    User reviews146

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    7/10
    excellent adaptation for the screen
    There is nothing I like better than a good play for the stage, even when it is on screen. This is the second time I have been able to see this worthy conversion of Arthur Miller's classic play adapted to the screen. Nicholas Hytner certainly earnt his wages; and all the cast should have received a good pay-rise. Convincing scene-setting in Massachussets at the end of the 17th Century with heavy wood-framed farm buildings and typical North European immigrant peasants' clothing, all beautifully filmed. Arthur Miller himself collaborated on the script, allowing certain poetic licence in modernising some of the speech forms, which, in the original play – written around 1952-1953 – reflected speech patterns of the times.

    I blow the dust off my 1973 Penguin copy of the play, and can follow some of the scenes almost verbatim. Thus the effect is dramaturgical rather than cinematographic, a little like Branaghan doing his versions of Shakespeare. A pleasing result indeed. Highly recommended for conoisseurs of fine acting in the classic sense. Neither of the two leading actors – Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder – will let you down.

    The Salem Witches have been the cause of a few forays by writers, historians and so on: really the whole affair seems to typicalize people's appetites for forming psychosis-like manias, often on the grounds of nothing very concrete. I mean to say, the devil exists in the minds of those who invent it; the same cause as the `reds under the beds' phobia of the 1960s and 1970s, today transformed into `Islam Terror' around every corner. The clothing is different, but the mentality producing the phobias is not.

    `The Crucible' in this excellent adaptation make this poignantly clear. My vote is slightly higher than the present IMDb average.
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    • Release date
      • November 27, 1996 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • House of Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Technical specs

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    • 2 hours 4 minutes
      • Dolby
      • Dolby Digital

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