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Product Detail

The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
DVD features include: Cast list; scene selection; English audiotrack; and closed captions. Audio: Dolby stereo.
Grade level: Grade 7+
Closed captioned: Yes
Described Video: No
240 min on 2 DVDs
Home and Educational Use
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List $29.95
Member $25.46
 

An epic version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s enduring novel of Puritan America in search of its soul. Hester Prynne overcomes the stigma of adultery to emerge as the first great heroine in American literature. Hawthorne’s themes—the nature of sin, social hypocrisy and community repression—still reverberate through American society. Stars Meg Foster, John Heard and Kevin Conway. Directed by Rick Hauser.

Special DVD features include: special video segments that take viewrrs behind-the-scenes on the filming of The Scarlet Letter; select cast filmographies; a Hawthorne biography; discussion questions for educators; scene selection; English audiotrack; and closed captions.

On two DVD9 discs. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4 x 3 Full-Frame

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Item # WG36679
ISBN # 1-578079-74-8
UPC # 783421 36 6794
1979

Reviews

"A completely faithful, totally fascinating dramatization of a masterpiece." — The Los Angeles Times
"An impeccable rendering… outstanding performances." —TV Guide
"Four hours of overwhelmingly enjoyable literate entertainment… an 'A-plus.'" —The Christian Science Monitor
"A first-rate production, easily one of PBS' finest." —Today Show

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