The Crucible [VHS]
by Nicholas Hytner
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Actor: Bruce Davison, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield, Winona RyderDirector: Nicholas Hytner
Cinematographer: Andrew Dunn
Editor: Tariq Anwar
Producer: David V. Picker
Producer: Diana Pokorny
Producer: Mitchell Levin
Producer: Robert A. Miller
Writer: Arthur Miller
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 124 minutes
Release Date: 1998-10-13
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
VHS Movie Reviews of The Crucible [VHS]
Movie Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Day-Lewis sometimes goes too far over the top ("Because it is my name!!!") and the actor playing Reverand Hale seems like he was ported in to Salem directly from the 1970s, but the successes of this film adaptation outweigh the failures and make this a movie worth seeing, if not a great one.
Movie Review: Well made film, Poor history
Summary: 2 Stars
Miller goes astray with his own imagination. This is a good looking film with easy to look at talent all around. The story however is pure Hollywood BS. What happened was an incident of a African slave teaching some local girls about her native spiritual customs which included using an ergot style drug. The resultant hallucinations and behavior so scared the heavily oppressive church officials that they quickly condemned to girls to death as witches, using a kangaroo court to scare and intimidate the people from any further experimenting. Movie Review: Ture to the spirit
Summary: 3 Stars
Although not in the same chronology the screen versions remains true to the spirit of the playwright. Arthur Miller of course wrote teh screenplay, but itlends itself to an interpretation worthy of the original drama.Movie Review: Weighted down with learning
Summary: 4 Stars
One of the better movie adaptations of a classic 50's play.
With the deportation to Cuba of terrorist suspects, the USA like in the
red hunting of the 50's has a witch hunt in the early 21st century.
The difference between scholarly knowledge and real wisdom and understanding is pointed out by this theme. The Catch 22 effect of confessing to a lie
in order to save your life just makes one angry in watching this film at a systematic law that has no justice and real sense?
The hero of the movie dies by hanging
while reciting the Lord's prayer.
The acting is very good and believable, but the script is expanded and the wording changed from the play.
There are repeating themes in history and
one of them is groundless persecution of minorities
and those with different ideas or backgrounds from the ordinary.
Movie Review: The Crucible
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie was in excellent shape but the delivery was extremely late. It tokk about 20 days.
Summary of The Crucible [VHS]
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 attempt 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.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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