Movie Description A powerful adaptation of the classic stage play about a Puritan community in seventeenth century Massachusetts awash in guilt, denial, and hysteria when a ring of lustful teenage girls begins accusing its citizens of witchcraft. When one man fights to retain his integrity in the face of madness, the adolescent slander invariably extends to him. Based on actual historic events and meant as a metaphor for the paranoid persecutions of the McCarthy era, the story (re-penned for the screen by playwright Arthur Miller) is a parable about society's fascination with and revulsion for cultural scandal.
| Credits | | Cast: | Joan Allen, Karron Graves, Rachael Bella |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Widescreen Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Nicholas Hytner - Director, Arthur Miller - Writer Featurettes - 1. Original EPK 2. "A Conversation with Daniel Day-Lewis and Arthur Miller" Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer, Limited theatrical release in the USA November 27, 1996; wide release January 1997.
Color by Technicolor.
Shot on location on Hog Island, Massachusettes.
Editorial Reviews "...Joltingly powerful....[The performers] bring it off spectacularly..." -- Rating: A Gleiberman
"...Handsomely mounted....The elemental and universal issues raised by THE CRUCIBLE are stirring....The cast is stellar..." Variety - Todd McCarthy (11/04/1996)
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