Scarlet Letter

UPC: 786936182675

Studio: Walt Disney Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel of hypocrisy among America's pilgrims was brought to the screen by director Roland Joffe in this 1995 feature. Demi Moore stars as Hester Prynne, a new arrival to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666. Prynne, who interacts freely with slaves and Quakers and wears revealing garb, is something of a free thinker and off-putting to the uptight locals. She awaits the arrival of her husband, Roger (Robert Duvall), but he is reported killed. One person who does not find Prynne unsettling is the new preacher, Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman). A torrid encounter between them produces a child, Pearl, and Hester is condemned by the colony, forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" (for "adultery"). Roger reappears; he had been living with a native tribe -- an experience that has driven him mad. He masquerades as "Roger Chillingsworth," trying to discover the identity of Pearl's father. When Hester is about to be executed, Dimmesdale confesses, but a timely Indian raid intervenes, saving him and Hester. The Scarlet Letter was widely derided by critics for sexualizing and changing Hawthorne's novel to an absurd degree. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Historical Film

Features: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Full-screen (1.33:1)

Scarlet Letter

Format: DVD

Release Date: 06/04/2002

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 135 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Mistress Prynne Arrives
2. Reverend Dimmesdale
3. New Friends
4. Forbidden Love
5. The Arrest of Hester Prynne
6. Punishment
7. True Identity
8. Revenge
9. Strength
10. Justice

Cast and Crew: Judd Jones  Actor 
Francie Swift  Actor 
Lisa Jolliff-Andoh  Actor 
Eric Schweig  Actor 
Jim Bearden  Actor 
Tim Woodward  Actor 
Marguerite McNeil  Actor 
Sarah Campbell  Actor 
George Aguilar  Actor 
Amy Wright  Actor 
Roy Dotrice  Actor 
Diane Salinger  Actor 
Len Doncheff  Actor 
Dana Ivey  Actor 
Malcolm Storry  Actor 
Nicholas Rice  Actor 
Jodhi May  Actor 
Sheldon Peters Wolfchild  Actor 
John Barry  Composer (Music Score) 
Dodi Fayed  Executive Producer 
Roland Joffé  Director 
Roland Joffé  Producer 
Tova Laiter  Executive Producer 
Douglas Day Stewart  Screenwriter 
Andrew G. Vajna  Producer 
Demi Moore  Actor 
Gary Oldman  Actor 
Robert Duvall  Actor 
Robert Prosky  Actor 
Edward Hardwicke  Actor 
Joan Plowright  Actor 

Country: USA