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The Scarlet Letter

Year:

1995

Duration:

135 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.1

Director:

Roland Joffé

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1995-10-13

Filming Locations: Oyster River, British Columbia, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $50,000,000

Gross: $10,400,000 (USA) Admissions 5,502 (Netherlands)

Cast

Actor

Character

Eric Schweig

Demi Moore

Hester Prynne

Gary Oldman

Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

Robert Duvall

Roger Chillingworth

Lisa Andoh

Mituba (as Lisa Joliffe-Andoh)

Edward Hardwicke

Gov. John Bellingham

Robert Prosky

Horace Stonehall

Roy Dotrice

Rev. Thomas Cheever

Joan Plowright

Harriet Hibbons

Malcolm Storry

Maj. Dunsmuir

James Bearden

Goodman Mortimer (as Jim Bearden)

Larissa Laskin

Goody Mortimer

Amy Wright

Goody Gotwick

George Aguilar

Johnny Sassamon

Tim Woodward

Brewster Stonehall

Joan Gregson

Elizabeth Cheever

Dana Ivey

Meredith Stonehall

Diane Salinger

Margaret Bellingham

Jocelyn Cunningham

Mary Rollings

Sheldon Peters Wolfchild

Moskeegee

Kristin Fairlie

Faith Stonehall

Sarah Campbell

Prudence Stonehall

Judd Jones

Mr. Bobbin

Anthony Paton

Town Beadle

Marguerite McNeil

Widow Wormser

Kennetch Charlette

Tarrantine Chief

Deborah Tennant

Quaker Lady

Kateri Walker

Female Sachem

Shaun R. Clarke

Militia Guardsman

Jay Carmichael

Militia Guardsman

Jason Parkhill

First Guardsman

Jeremy Keddy

Drummer Boy

Nicholas Rice

The Clerk

Len Doncheff

Trader

Ashley Nolan

Goody Hunter

Stephen Aderneck

Speaking Native

Evelyn Francis

Algonquin Native

Gary Joseph

Native Rider

Stephen Micalchunk

Passenger #1

Jeremy Akerman

Middle Aged Passenger

Scout LaRue Willis

Young Pearl

Tallulah Belle Willis

Infant Pearl

Jodhi May

Pearl (voice)

David Kehoe

Extra (uncredited)

Line Pelletier

Peasant (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Three original scores were written for this film. The ones by Ennio Morricone and Elmer Bernstein were rejected. The one used was by John Barry.

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Sharon Stone was considered for the role of Hester Prynne.

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Richard Gere, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Anthony Hopkins were all considered for the male lead.

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Goofs

Nicholas Rice is credited as playing the clerk, but the role was actually played by someone else.

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When Hester starts to follow the red bird into the forest, once she's gotten deeper in the woods, you can see to the left of the screen three deliberate puffs of white smoke coming from a fog machine.

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Quotes

Hester Prynne: I have dreamed of speaking my heart, I have prayed for it even as I have dreaded it. Was I alive before I laid eyes on thee?

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Pearl: My father died before I reached my teens. Some say that was a punishment. My mother never remarried or loved another. Some say THAT was a punishment.

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Dr. Roger Prynne: Has this new land turned thee into a heathen?

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