The Scarlet Letter (1979)
• March 3rd, 1979
Drama
Overview
The Scarlet Letter is a 1979 miniseries based on the novel of the same name that aired on WGBH from March 3, 1979 to March 24, 1979. The series is four episodes long, 60 minutes each. Part 2 won the 1979 Emmy Award for Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Limited Series or Special for film editors Ken Denisoff, Janet McFadden, and Tucker Wiard. In 1979, when most literary programs were being produced in the United Kingdom, Boston public television station WGBH decided to produce a homegrown literary classic of its own. The result is this 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. Meg Foster brings a quiet strength to the role of Hester, the adulteress condemned to wear a scarlet "A" for the rest of her life. As her partner in crime, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, John Heard writhes in private torment most convincingly. Kevin Conway completes this grim triangle as the mysterious, maleficent Roger Chillingworth. The costumes and scenery are simple, so as not to detract from the dialogue as each character grapples with the meaning of sin, forgiveness, and redemption.
TV Shows Link coming soon!!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
1915
Released on: 1982-06-27
Drama, War & Politics, Documentary
1915 is a 1982 Australian mini series about two friends who wind up serving in World War One.
The Fragile Heart
Released on: 1996-11-06
Drama
Edgar Pascoe is a highly successful and charismatic cardiac surgeon. Pre-eminent in his field, he is...
Every Week Has a Friday
Released on: 2020-01-15
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Hoping to leave her past behind and start anew, Laila strikes a deal that prompts her to marry and l...
Entre naranjos
Released on: 1998-05-27
Drama
Rafael Brull is the only son of a powerful landowning family in a small Mediterranean town. When he ...
The Romance Of Three Kingdoms
Released on: 1994-02-10
Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics
Adapted from the classical 14th century novel of the same title by Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Thr...
Counter Attack
Released on: 2015-08-09
Drama
Wu Suowei's girlfriend leaves him for wealthy Chi Cheng. Seeking revenge, Wu Suowei seduces Chi Chen...
Deceptions
Released on: 1985-05-26
Drama
A bored U.S. housewife trades places in London with her jet-set twin, and one of them winds up dead.
Bad Blood
Released on: 2017-09-21
Crime, Drama
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
Instinct
Released on: 2018-03-18
Crime, Drama
Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a gifted author, university professor and former CIA operative is lured back to ...
Caught
Released on: 2018-02-26
Crime, Drama
David Slaney escapes from jail and attempts to hook up with his partner for one last deal, while eva...
Strike
Released on: 2017-08-27
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Alt...
Killing Eve
Released on: 2018-04-08
Crime, Drama
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head ...
In the Dark
Released on: 2017-07-11
Crime, Drama
DI Helen Weeks grapples with pregnancy as she undertakes a very personal abduction case.
Patrick Melrose
Released on: 2018-05-12
Drama
A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey ...
Memory In The Letter
Released on: 2024-04-06
Drama
After moving into a new dorm, Aksorn discovers a mirror that shows Songjam, a boy from a parallel wo...
Peter and Paul
Released on: 1981-04-12
Drama, Family
Peter and Paul assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the te...
Sinatra
Released on: 1992-11-08
Drama
Sinatra is a 1992 CBS miniseries biography and drama, starring Philip Casnoff as singer Frank Sinatr...