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The Crucible

Year:
Duration:
124 min
Genres:
Drama | History
IMDB rate:
6.8
Director:
Nicholas Hytner
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 15 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1996-11-27
Filming Locations: House of Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Earnings
Budget: $25,000,000
Opening Weekend: $62,995 (USA) (1 December 1996)
Gross: $7,340,103 (USA) (17 February 1997)
Cast
Actor
Character
Daniel Day-Lewis
John Proctor
Winona Ryder
Abigail Williams
Paul Scofield
Judge Thomas Danforth
Joan Allen
Elizabeth Proctor
Bruce Davison
Reverend Parris
Rob Campbell
Reverend Hale
Jeffrey Jones
Thomas Putnam
Peter Vaughan
Giles Corey
Karron Graves
Mary Warren
Charlayne Woodard
Tituba
Frances Conroy
Ann Putnam
Elizabeth Lawrence
Rebecca Nurse
George Gaynes
Judge Samuel Sewall
Mary Pat Gleason
Martha Corey
Robert Breuler
Judge Hathorne
Rachael Bella
Betty Parris
Ashley Peldon
Ruth Putnam
Tom McDermott
Francis Nurse
John Griesemer
Ezekiel Cheever
Michael Gaston
Marshal Herrick
William Preston
George Jacobs
Ruth Maleczech
Goody Osborne
Sheila Pinkham
Goody Good
Peter Maloney
Dr. Griggs
Kali Rocha
Mercy Lewis
Taylor Stanley
Joanna Preston
Lian-Marie Holmes
Deliverance Fuller
Charlotte Melen
Margaret Kenney (as Charlotte Melén)
Carmella Riley
Hannah Brown
Jessie Kilguss
Debra Flint
Simone Marean
Rachel Buxton
Amee Jean McClure
Lydia Sheldon (as Amee Gray)
Anna V. Boksenbaum
Sarah Pope
Mary Reardon
Esther Wilkens
Alexander Streit
Joseph Proctor
Michael McKinstry
Daniel Proctor
Dorothy Brodesser
Mrs. Griggs
Dossy Peabody
Goody Sibber
Mara Clark
Goody Barrow
Jane Pulkkinen
Goody Bellows
Katrina Nevin
Dorcas Bellows
Will Lyman
Isaiah Goodkind
Karen MacDonald
Townswoman
Sheila Ferrini
Townswoman
June Lewin
Townswoman
Ken Cheeseman
Goat Owner
Steven Ochoa
Putnam's Servant
Paul Bronk
Village Elder (uncredited)
Mark Grant
Villager (uncredited)
J.T. Turner
Lout (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Emma Thompson was originally slated to play the part later taken by Joan Allen.
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Kirsten Dunst auditioned for the role of Abigail Williams. She impressed everyone and was asked back to several callbacks and even did a screen test, but the producers and director ultimately decided that she was too young.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar auditioned for the part of Mary Warren.
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Goofs
When John Proctor and Elizabeth are having their private conversation towards the end of the movie, his teeth look normal. However once they return to judge and Rev. Hale, his teeth look rotted and decayed. When he his hanged (the same day) his teeth are normal again.
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When Elizabeth Proctor is being brought to the court, the left rear wheel of the cart is not spinning.
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In the scene where John Proctor goes out into the pond, when the camera cuts back to the crowd onshore, an airplane condensation trail can clearly be seen in the sky.
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Quotes
Abigail Williams: A women comes to my bed every night now and tears out my eyes.
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John Proctor: She is a whore!
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Abigail: I am but God's finger, John. If he would condemn Elizabeth, she will be condemned.
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