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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rated by buyers PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Type of bind: DVD
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
EAN num: 0024543108252
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Quantity: 1
Publishing house: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 124 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 1625
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: November 27, 1996
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The Salem witch trials of 1692 are brought vividly to life in this compelling adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, directed by Nicholas Hytner ('The Madness of King George'). A group of teenage girls meet in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. While the other girls endeavor to cast love spells, Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder) wishes for the death of her former lover's (Daniel Day-Lewis) wife. When their ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls suddenly find themselves accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by cries of witchcraft, and as the hysteria grows, blameless victims are torn from their homes, leading to a devastating climax.
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The Salem witch hunts are given a new and nasty perspective when a vengeful teenage girl uses superstition and repression to her advantage, creating a killing machine that becomes a force unto itself. Pulsating with seductive energy, this provocative drama is as visually arresting as it is intellectually engrossing. Arthur Miller based his classic 1953 play on the actual Salem witch trials of 1692, creating what has since become a durable fixture of school drama courses. It may look like a historical drama, but Miller also meant the work as a parable for the misery created by the McCarthy anti-Communist hearings of the 1950s. This searing version of his drama delves into matters of conscience with concise accuracy and emotional honesty. Three passionate cheers for Miller, director Nicholas Hytner, and costars Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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The movie was in excellent shape but the delivery was extremely late. It tokk about 20 days.
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Ordered this to show my American Lit class. The DVD was in great condition and arrived on time! Thanks!
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I so loved this movie. Everything about it was awesome. The scene when Daniel Day-Lewis won't sign his name made the tears flow from my eyes.
Watch it!
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We watched this film as part of our college friends book club (we are now in our 30's). I am not usually into period pieces (except isolated exceptions), but found this one interesting from a psychological and sociological perspective.
The performances are excellent, and the scene where Daniel Day Louis refuses to hand over the paper with his name is one of the most memorable, executed with a true, gut wrenching genuineness. The characters manage to conjure (no pun intended) sympathy and hatred from the audience, and despite the fact that I am not a huge fan of Winona Ryder, this was my favorite performance.
The story of betrayal, mass hysteria and persecutation still resonates with many "scapegoating" circumstances yesterday and and historically, and the choices faced by the characters (John Proctor to live or die, his wife's struggle to forgive and endeavor to save him, and Abigail's decision to dance a fine line between good and evil), is very powerful.
Like the media today, which sometimes presents events in a very slanted, and pigeonholed manner, the citizens of the town, saw the events with the same narrow knowledge base. In addition, they were blinded by their strict life style, condemnation of all that was "different", and lack of exposure to alternate explanations. It reminded me of other religious fanaticism experienced throughout history (Spanish Inquisition, etc).
The depiction of heroism, and what it means to remain true to oneself (as John Proctor) did, was admirable and genuine. Despite facing certain death, his honor and transference of land to his family was more importanht. It was as if with his death, he was also absolving himself from his guilt in betraying his wife, and would in effect be free of the extreme societal constrictions.
Excellent film-worth discusion and comparison to contemporary society.
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Although this video is based on a play by Arthur Miller which was directed to the hysteria of "Communist Conspiracy" in 1953, it addresses a problem which remains with us today; that of finding "evil where none truly exists' except in the perception of those with whom they are in disagreement about religious, ethnic or political policies. That the meanness of Abigail is not something new but something which has existed as long as desire controls rational thinking. It is worth reviewing in both home and school sites and worth consideration for conversation. Bettylene W. Franzus
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