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The Scarlet Letter (1995) [R]

Release Date:
October 13, 1995

Original Title:
The Scarlet Letter

Alternate Titles:
A Letra Escarlate
La letra escarlata

Genres:
Drama | Romance | Western

Production Companies:
Allied Stars
Cinergi Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Lightmotive
Moving Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 16  CZ: 15+  DE: 12  FR: U  JP: PG12  KR: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 135

When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.

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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.

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ADR Supervisor:
Holly Huckins

Art Direction:
Tony Woollard

Casting:
Elisabeth Leustig

Co-Producer:
Robert F. Colesberry

Costume Design:
Gabriella Pescucci

Director:
Roland Joffé

Director of Photography:
Alex Thomson

Driver:
Brian Best

Editor:
Thom Noble

Executive Producer:
Tova Laiter
Dodi Fayed

First Assistant Director:
Dennis Maguire

Gaffer:
Bryan Forde

Hairstylist:
Cynthia Patton
Francesca Paris
Jennifer Bower O'Halloran

Makeup Artist:
Elizabeth Kuchurean
Linda Steeves

Makeup Department Head:
Fabrizio Sforza

Novel:
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Original Music Composer:
John Barry

Producer:
Roland Joffé
Andrew G. Vajna

Production Design:
Roy Walker

Screenplay:
Douglas Day Stewart

Second Assistant Director:
Lars P. Winther
John Gallagher

Second Unit Director:
Buddy Joe Hooker

Set Decoration:
Rosalind Shingleton

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Mark Berger

Stunt Coordinator:
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw
Brent Woolsey

Stunt Double:
Cinda-Lin James
Michael Lee Baron
Joy Hooper

Stunts:
Alison Reid
Corry Glass
John Stoneham Jr.
Ben Gauthier
Jim Finkbeiner
Alex Green
Mike Mitchell
Warren A. Stevens
David Jacox
Paul Rutledge
John Dodds
Flint Eagle
Jamie Jones
Billy Linders
Greg Schlosser
Duane Howard
Guy Bews
François Gauthier
Jason Glass
Tom Glass
Fred Perron
Eric Bryson
Sue Parker

Supervising Sound Editor:
Dave McMoyler

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