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The Scarlet Letter

( Catalog Number 5959AS )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

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The Scarlet Letter
1995 - 135 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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

A positively fall-down funny adaptation of the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel that is, unfortunately, not intended to be a comedy. When one is faced with what can only be deemed one of the worst adaptations of classic literature ever presented, the question must be begged, "What went wrong " Particularly since the film is the result of participation from such talented artists as actors Gary Oldman and Robert Duvall, director Roland Joffe, composer John Barry, and many others. As in most cases of a film's success or failure, it starts with the script, and this botch job is no exception. Screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart has fumbled from the get-go by emphasizing the story's "erotic" possibilities. That might work fine for an episode of a Zalman King late-night cable TV series, but in a major production of an important literary work, it's a significant blunder. As a novel, The Scarlet Letter is not about sex apart from notions of sexual politics (more specifically it's about the inherent hypocrisy of endorsing political freedom in a strictly regimented and repressive patriarchal society). That's pretty rich fodder for a motion picture and as relevant as ever today, but everyone from Stewart up seems more concerned about opportunities to offer glimpses of lead actress Demi Moore's nude physique and surgically enhanced bosom. Famously, Moore remarked upon the release of this film that changing its ending was not a problem because not many people had read the book. Such is the mentality that results in The Scarlet Letter (1995), a film that might well have been truer to its own vision and more entertaining if it had been a musical-comedy written and directed by the Farrelly brothers. --- Karl Williams

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Cast for The Scarlet Letter

Demi Moore - Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman - Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall - Roger Chillingworth
Robert Prosky - Horace Stonehall
Edward Hardwicke - John Bellingham
Joan Plowright - Harriet Hibbons
Nicholas Rice - The Clerk
Tim Woodward - Brewster Stonehall
Francie Swift - Sally Short
Sheldon Peters Wolfchild - Moskeegee
Diane Salinger - Margaret Bellingham
Malcolm Storry - Major Dunsmuir
Eric Schweig - Metacomet
Amy Wright - Goody Gotwick
Sarah Campbell - Prudence Stonehall
Len Doncheff - Trader
Jim Bearden - Goodman Mortimer
George Aguilar - Johnny Sassamon
Marguerite McNeil - Widow Wormser
Judd Jones - Mr. Bobbin
Jodhi May - Pearl [Voice]
Roy Dotrice - Thomas Cheever
Lisa Jolliff-Andoh - Mituba
Dana Ivey - Meredith Stonehall

Crew for The Scarlet Letter

Roland Joffe - Director / Producer
Andrew G. Vajna - Producer
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Book Author
Douglas Day Stewart - Screenwriter
Michael Genson - Cinematographer
Alex Thomson - Cinematographer
John Barry - Composer (Music Score)
Thom Noble - Editor
Roy Walker - Production Designer
Tony Wollard - Art Director
Robert F. Colesberry - Co-producer
Dodi Fayed - Executive Producer
Tova Laiter - Executive Producer
Richard Harrison - Set Designer
Rocco Matteo - Set Designer
Rosalind Shingleton - Set Designer
Gordon White - Set Designer
Gabriella Pescucci - Costume Designer
Martin Malivoire - Special Effects
Buddy Joe Hooker - First Assistant Director
Dennis Maguire - First Assistant Director
Edward Collins - Camera Operator
John Dodds - Stunts
Alex Green - Stunts
Jamie Jones - Stunts
Mike Mitchell - Stunts
Suzy Parker - Stunts
Fred Perron - Stunts
Alison Reid - Stunts
Paul Rutledge - Stunts
Douglas Ganton - Sound/Sound Designer
Elisabeth Leustig - Casting

Feature Details

Title: The Scarlet Letter
Feature Release Date: 1995
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 135 Minutes
Chapters: 22
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 8 May 1996
Catalog Number: 5959AS
UPC: 786936003192
Manufacturer: Pioneer Japan
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 5959AS-C
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, and Robert Duvall in...

The Scarlet Letter

( Catalog Number 5959AS )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

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The Scarlet Letter
1995 - 135 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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

A positively fall-down funny adaptation of the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel that is, unfortunately, not intended to be a comedy. When one is faced with what can only be deemed one of the worst adaptations of classic literature ever presented, the question must be begged, "What went wrong " Particularly since the film is the result of participation from such talented artists as actors Gary Oldman and Robert Duvall, director Roland Joffe, composer John Barry, and many others. As in most cases of a film's success or failure, it starts with the script, and this botch job is no exception. Screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart has fumbled from the get-go by emphasizing the story's "erotic" possibilities. That might work fine for an episode of a Zalman King late-night cable TV series, but in a major production of an important literary work, it's a significant blunder. As a novel, The Scarlet Letter is not about sex apart from notions of sexual politics (more specifically it's about the inherent hypocrisy of endorsing political freedom in a strictly regimented and repressive patriarchal society). That's pretty rich fodder for a motion picture and as relevant as ever today, but everyone from Stewart up seems more concerned about opportunities to offer glimpses of lead actress Demi Moore's nude physique and surgically enhanced bosom. Famously, Moore remarked upon the release of this film that changing its ending was not a problem because not many people had read the book. Such is the mentality that results in The Scarlet Letter (1995), a film that might well have been truer to its own vision and more entertaining if it had been a musical-comedy written and directed by the Farrelly brothers. --- Karl Williams

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Cast for The Scarlet Letter

Demi Moore - Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman - Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall - Roger Chillingworth
Robert Prosky - Horace Stonehall
Edward Hardwicke - John Bellingham
Joan Plowright - Harriet Hibbons
Nicholas Rice - The Clerk
Tim Woodward - Brewster Stonehall
Francie Swift - Sally Short
Sheldon Peters Wolfchild - Moskeegee
Diane Salinger - Margaret Bellingham
Malcolm Storry - Major Dunsmuir
Eric Schweig - Metacomet
Amy Wright - Goody Gotwick
Sarah Campbell - Prudence Stonehall
Len Doncheff - Trader
Jim Bearden - Goodman Mortimer
George Aguilar - Johnny Sassamon
Marguerite McNeil - Widow Wormser
Judd Jones - Mr. Bobbin
Jodhi May - Pearl [Voice]
Roy Dotrice - Thomas Cheever
Lisa Jolliff-Andoh - Mituba
Dana Ivey - Meredith Stonehall

Crew for The Scarlet Letter

Roland Joffe - Director / Producer
Andrew G. Vajna - Producer
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Book Author
Douglas Day Stewart - Screenwriter
Michael Genson - Cinematographer
Alex Thomson - Cinematographer
John Barry - Composer (Music Score)
Thom Noble - Editor
Roy Walker - Production Designer
Tony Wollard - Art Director
Robert F. Colesberry - Co-producer
Dodi Fayed - Executive Producer
Tova Laiter - Executive Producer
Richard Harrison - Set Designer
Rocco Matteo - Set Designer
Rosalind Shingleton - Set Designer
Gordon White - Set Designer
Gabriella Pescucci - Costume Designer
Martin Malivoire - Special Effects
Buddy Joe Hooker - First Assistant Director
Dennis Maguire - First Assistant Director
Edward Collins - Camera Operator
John Dodds - Stunts
Alex Green - Stunts
Jamie Jones - Stunts
Mike Mitchell - Stunts
Suzy Parker - Stunts
Fred Perron - Stunts
Alison Reid - Stunts
Paul Rutledge - Stunts
Douglas Ganton - Sound/Sound Designer
Elisabeth Leustig - Casting

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