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* EternalSexualFreedom: This version imposes this trope on the Puritans, of all people, by portraying the main characters as feeling guiltless over their adultery. [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-scarlet-letter-1995 Roger Ebert]] breaks down just how far afield from the source material the film goes.
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This film takes some liberties with the source material to say the least. Hester Prynne and Rev. Dimmesdale's shameful affair is now a glamorous Hollywood romance, and while the novel doesn't actually show any of their exciting adultery, the film makes sure to correct that oversight. No more an exploration of guilt and sin, this is now the story of Hester and Dimmesdale being persecuted just because they embraced their burning, passionate, true love for each other. Also, there's a big battle between colonists and Indians because why wouldn't there be.
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As you might imagine, the novel's fans do not like this version, which they regard as having transformed Hawthorne's magnum opus into a generic bodice-ripper. Fortunately for them, the film was both a critical and commercial failure. Despite that, it somehow continues to be the most widely recognized screen adaptation of the story.
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''The Scarlet Letter'' is a 1995 romantic drama film "freely adapted" (their words) from [[Literature/TheScarletLetter the novel]] by Creator/NathanielHawthorne. Directed by Roland Joffé, it stars Creator/DemiMoore as Hester Prynne, Creator/GaryOldman as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale, and Creator/RobertDuvall as Roger Chillingworth.
This film takes some liberties with the source material to say the least. Hester Prynne and Rev. Dimmesdale's shameful affair is now a glamorous Hollywood romance, and while the novel doesn't actually show any of their exciting adultery, the film makes sure to correct that oversight. No more an exploration of guilt and sin, this is now the story of Hester and Dimmesdale being persecuted just because they dared to embrace their burning, passionate, true love for each other. Also, there's a big battle between colonists and Indians because why wouldn't there be.
As you might imagine, the novel's fans do not like this version, which they feel transformed Hawthorne's magnum opus into a generic bodice-ripper. Fortunately for them, the film was both a critical and commercial failure. Despite that, it somehow continues to be the most widely recognized screen adaptation of the story.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: Like in [[Film/TheScarletLetter1926 the 1926 version]], Dimmesdale keeps quiet only because it's what Hester wants.
* AdaptationalVillainy: An AntiVillain in the original novel, Chillingworth is now a murderous witch-hunter, with Robert Duvall giving an appropriately [[EvilIsHammy hammy]] performance.
* AdaptationExpansion: So much so that it takes the film over half of its running time to reach the novel's first scene. Why? Well, as Creator/RogerEbert put it, "The great inconvenience of ''The Scarlet Letter'', from a Hollywood point of view, is that the novel begins after the adultery has already taken place. This will not do."
* ActionizedAdaptation: The film throws in an Indian raid for the sake of an action climax.
* CanonForeigner: Hester's slave girl Mituba was invented for the film.
* TheCaptivityNarrative: A colonist named Mary was once kidnapped by Indians and spent some time living with them, making this trope her {{Backstory}}.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Chillingworth hangs himself at the end. Yay, now nothing stands in the way of the Hester/Dimmesdale ship!
* EatTheEvidence: Mituba does this rather than hand over the message she was delivering from Hester to Dimmesdale.
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: The movie is narrated by a grown-up Pearl. This is a character who isn't even born until halfway through the film and is never older than a toddler onscreen.
* HotterAndSexier: It's ''The Scarlet Letter'' with all those titillating scenes of adultery that Hawthorne forgot to include for some reason.
* InNameOnly: Well, it takes place in Puritan Massachusetts, the main characters are the same, and there's adultery. And that's about where the similarities with the novel end. Demi Moore infamously justified the film's liberties by claiming that not many people had read the book, apparently unaware of its status as SchoolStudyMedia.
* NakedFirstImpression: The first time Hester sees him, Dimmesdale is SkinnyDipping.
* SettingUpdate: The original novel took place in the 1640s. The film moves the time period forward to the 1660s, so that it can use the lead-up to King Philip's War as a backdrop.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Dimmesdale survives the scene that loosely corresponds to his death scene from the novel, and the film ends with him and Hester riding off together. However, Pearl's concluding narration mentions that he died a few years later, so the trope is downplayed.
* SympatheticSlaveOwner: Hester treats her slave Mituba as part of the family.
* WitchHunt: Chillingworth gets one launched 'cause he's the baddie.
This film takes some liberties with the source material to say the least. Hester Prynne and Rev. Dimmesdale's shameful affair is now a glamorous Hollywood romance, and while the novel doesn't actually show any of their exciting adultery, the film makes sure to correct that oversight. No more an exploration of guilt and sin, this is now the story of Hester and Dimmesdale being persecuted just because they dared to embrace their burning, passionate, true love for each other. Also, there's a big battle between colonists and Indians because why wouldn't there be.
As you might imagine, the novel's fans do not like this version, which they feel transformed Hawthorne's magnum opus into a generic bodice-ripper. Fortunately for them, the film was both a critical and commercial failure. Despite that, it somehow continues to be the most widely recognized screen adaptation of the story.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: Like in [[Film/TheScarletLetter1926 the 1926 version]], Dimmesdale keeps quiet only because it's what Hester wants.
* AdaptationalVillainy: An AntiVillain in the original novel, Chillingworth is now a murderous witch-hunter, with Robert Duvall giving an appropriately [[EvilIsHammy hammy]] performance.
* AdaptationExpansion: So much so that it takes the film over half of its running time to reach the novel's first scene. Why? Well, as Creator/RogerEbert put it, "The great inconvenience of ''The Scarlet Letter'', from a Hollywood point of view, is that the novel begins after the adultery has already taken place. This will not do."
* ActionizedAdaptation: The film throws in an Indian raid for the sake of an action climax.
* CanonForeigner: Hester's slave girl Mituba was invented for the film.
* TheCaptivityNarrative: A colonist named Mary was once kidnapped by Indians and spent some time living with them, making this trope her {{Backstory}}.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Chillingworth hangs himself at the end. Yay, now nothing stands in the way of the Hester/Dimmesdale ship!
* EatTheEvidence: Mituba does this rather than hand over the message she was delivering from Hester to Dimmesdale.
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: The movie is narrated by a grown-up Pearl. This is a character who isn't even born until halfway through the film and is never older than a toddler onscreen.
* HotterAndSexier: It's ''The Scarlet Letter'' with all those titillating scenes of adultery that Hawthorne forgot to include for some reason.
* InNameOnly: Well, it takes place in Puritan Massachusetts, the main characters are the same, and there's adultery. And that's about where the similarities with the novel end. Demi Moore infamously justified the film's liberties by claiming that not many people had read the book, apparently unaware of its status as SchoolStudyMedia.
* NakedFirstImpression: The first time Hester sees him, Dimmesdale is SkinnyDipping.
* SettingUpdate: The original novel took place in the 1640s. The film moves the time period forward to the 1660s, so that it can use the lead-up to King Philip's War as a backdrop.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Dimmesdale survives the scene that loosely corresponds to his death scene from the novel, and the film ends with him and Hester riding off together. However, Pearl's concluding narration mentions that he died a few years later, so the trope is downplayed.
* SympatheticSlaveOwner: Hester treats her slave Mituba as part of the family.
* WitchHunt: Chillingworth gets one launched 'cause he's the baddie.
