"The Scarlet Letter" (1979) TV mini-series

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.8/10   

Director:

Rick Hauser

Escritores:

Nathaniel Hawthorne (novel)
Allan Knee (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

2 abril 1979 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Historical | TV Mini-Series | Adulteress | Sexuality | Pariah

Premios:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Geez. Yeah, you HEARD me

Reparto

Josef Sommer	...	Nathaniel Hawthorne
Meg Foster	...	Hester Prynne
Elisa Erali	...	Pearl
John Heard	...	Arthur Dimmesdale
Ralph Drischell	...	Sexton
Caroline Kava	...	Young Woman
Penelope Allen	...	Mistress Hibbins (as Penny Allen)
Kevin Conway	...	Roger Chillingworth
Clarence Felder	...	The Town Beadle
Daniel von Bargen	...	A Sailor
Sasha von Scherler	...	Goodie Ward
Gretel Cummings	...	Goodie Salter
Naomi Thornton	...	Goodie Cranwell
C.K. Alexander	...	Gov. Bellingham
Francisco Prado	...	Sea Captain

Duración:

60 min (4 episodes)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Mono

Locaciones de Filmación:

Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Compañía:

WGBH

Trivialidades:

The filmmakers' decision to outfit Hester Prynne with a gold letter "A" was sharply criticized at the time of the mini-series' premiere on P.B.S. as author Nathaniel Hawthorne was quite specific about the "scarlet letter" being red-colored. In the novel, the adjective "scarlet" wasn't only used in the symbolic sense (scarlet meaning "grossly and glaringly offensive" in the sense of "sinning in flagrant and scarlet fashion" [deriving from the use of the word in Isaiah 1:18 & Revelation 17:1-6], thus being associated with sexual immorality); the letter sewn onto Hester Prynne's clothing in the novel actually was colored scarlet, albeit it was sewn to her clothing with gold thread. In the words of Hawthorne, "...[W]ith all the townspeople assembled and levelling their stern regards at Hester Prynne,--yes, at herself,--who stood on the scaffold of the pillory, an infant on her arm, and the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom!" (Chapter Two).

Conexiones de Película:

Version of The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Geez. Yeah, you HEARD me

Well, I can say, that this is one of the most boring movies I've seen. What can you expect from PBS though, right? Yes, the story is interesting, but gahd, there was so much talking.. nothing interesting happens for an hour or so.. Here's what I found wrong with the movie

*Like others have said, the baby crying is REALLY REALLY annoying. Then, when the kid gets older, she constantly laughs, which makes me wonder why the mother dosen't just KILL IT. That kid is ANNOYING. ARGHH!

*The only reason worth watching is for John Heard, or Meg Foster. BUT, most of the time, Heard overacts.. We see him screaming in points, then the rest of the movie he just walks around with dark circles under his eyes. Some points, the overacting is good I suppose.. He's still pretty sexy in it though.

*WHO cares about the 'making of' things they add in on the two tapes.. Who cares about seeing where they filmed? How about some interviews with the main stars DAMNIT!

*It looked like something filmed with my camera...It had a homeade feeling to it. If the movie was any good, I wouldn't complain about that though.

Now, with all that, the end is okay... after about the first three hours it gets decent. I wouldn't watch it again unless I was at gun point.