Title | Scarlet Letter |
Year | 1995 |
Time | 135 mins |
Genre | Drama; History; Romance |
Director | Roland Joffe |
Edition | |
Format | DVD |
Actor | Demi Moore as Hester Prynne; Gary Oldman as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale; Robert Duvall as Roger Chillingworth; Lisa Andoh as Mituba; Edward Hardwicke as Gov. John Bellingham; Robert Prosky as Horace Stonehall; Roy Dotrice as Rev. Thomas Cheever; Joan Plowright as Harriet Hibbons; Malcolm Storry as Maj. Dunsmuir; James Bearden as Goodman Mortimer; Larissa Laskin as Goody Mortimer; Amy Wright as Goody Gotwick; George Aguilar as Johnny Sassamon; Tim Woodward as Brewster Stonehall; Joan Gregson as Elizabeth Cheever |
Rating | R (Restricted) |
Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
Language | English |
Plot | Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is 'convicted' of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet 'A' until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals. |
Producer | Tova Laiter; Roland Joffe |
Writer | Douglas Day Stewart; Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Subtitles | English (Closed Captioned) |