The Scarlet Letter (1995 film)

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film romantic drama film

The Scarlet Letter (1995 film) is a romantic drama loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel, notable for its significant departures from the source material and its critical and commercial failure.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → romantic drama film →
adaptationType	loose adaptation →
basedOn	The Scarlet Letter (novel) →
basedOnWorkBy	Nathaniel Hawthorne →
boxOfficeUSD	10000000 →
budgetUSD	50000000 →
cinematographer	Alex Thomson →
composer	John Barry →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Roland Joffé →
distributor	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution NERFINISHED → Hollywood Pictures →
editor	Thom Noble →
filmingLocation	Canada →
genre	historical drama → romantic drama →
hasTheme	adultery → guilt → religious hypocrisy → social ostracism →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Arthur Dimmesdale → Hester Prynne → Pearl → Roger Chillingworth →
narrativeEnding	significantly altered from the novel →
notableFor	commercial failure → critical failure → significant departures from the source novel →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Andrew G. Vajna → Roland Joffé →
productionCompany	Cinergi Pictures →
ratingMPAA	R →
releaseDate	1995-10-13 →
releaseYear	1995 →
runtimeMinutes	135 →
screenwriter	Douglas Day Stewart →
setInPlace	Massachusetts Bay Colony →
setInTime	17th century →
starring	Demi Moore → Edward Hardwicke → Gary Oldman → Joan Plowright → Robert Duvall → Roy Dotrice →
timePeriodDepicted	Puritan era →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Scarlet Letter →	hasAdaptation