The Scarlet Letter

1995
R
2h 15m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

17K

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Demi Moore and Gary Oldman in The Scarlet Letter (1995)

An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.

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An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.

Director
- Roland Joffé
Writers
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Douglas Day Stewart
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

17K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Roland Joffé
Writers
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Douglas Day Stewart
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations total

Videos1

Trailer 3:17

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Photos40

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Trivia
While viewing a scene during production, Demi Moore so disliked the way her hair looked that she insisted the scene be re-shot, at her own expense.

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

Quotes
Pearl: [voiceover] Who is to say what is a sin in God's eyes.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Assassins/Dead Presidents/How to Make an American Quilt/Strange Days/Persuasion (1995)

Soundtracks
Agnus Dei
(Based on Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings")
Performed by Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers
(Adm. by G. Schirmen Inc. (ASCAP))
Courtesy of Telarc International Corporation

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7/10

Snipe about accuracy if you like, Oldman is brilliant

I read the book in high school. I hated it. I only gave the movie a chance because of the casting of Gary Oldman. I was not disappointed.

Oldman is the most underrated actor working in movies today, and the intensity of his performance here makes this film worthwhile. Don't watch the movie for its faithfulness to Hawthorne, watch it for the brilliance of Gary Oldman.