The crucible [videorecording] / director, Nicholas Hytner; producer, Robert A. Miller; producer, David V. Picker; writer, Arthur Miller.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 0414401000 | 20th Century Fox Home Ent.Language: English Summary language: Multiple languages Publication details: 20th Century Fox Home Ent., 2013.Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : colGenre/Form: DDC classification:
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Cast: Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Vaughan, Karron Graves, Charlayne Woodard, Frances Conroy, Elizabeth Lawrence, George Gaynes.Summary: In Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, accusations of witchcraft are rife. John Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his wife Elizabeth (Joan Allen) are innocent of any such charges, although John has committed adultery with their former serving girl, Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder). When witch expert John Hale is called in to investigate the reports of witchcraft, Abigail attempts to implicate Elizabeth, thinking that she will then be able to resume her affair with John. Arthur Miller's play was originally written as an allegory for the Joseph McCarthy American 'witch-hunt' trials of the 1950s.
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Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English).

Made in 1996.

Based on the play by Arthur Miller.

Credits: music, George Fenton; cinematographer, Andrew Dunn.

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Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Vaughan, Karron Graves, Charlayne Woodard, Frances Conroy, Elizabeth Lawrence, George Gaynes.

In Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, accusations of witchcraft are rife. John Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his wife Elizabeth (Joan Allen) are innocent of any such charges, although John has committed adultery with their former serving girl, Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder). When witch expert John Hale is called in to investigate the reports of witchcraft, Abigail attempts to implicate Elizabeth, thinking that she will then be able to resume her affair with John. Arthur Miller's play was originally written as an allegory for the Joseph McCarthy American 'witch-hunt' trials of the 1950s.

BBFC code: 12.

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