The Crucible (1996)

Seen in 2018 (388 movies items)

"Day-Lewis surprisingly has so powerful scenes and overall really great performance in this film. I remembered seeing this as a kid when Maester Aemon gets crushed with stones. The stage play feel annoyed me throughout the run time though."

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"John Proctor Director: Nicholas Hytner"

MsMojo's Top 10 Winona Ryder Performances (10 movies items)

"Abigail Williams"

BradWesley123's Movie Journal- January 2017 (30 movies items)

" Netflix- 2hrs. 3min. First Viewing Too stilted and stagy to be a great film, but littered with too many strong scenes to be dismissed outright, The Crucible is a true mixed bag. The story has been adapted for the big screen, but much of the power of the original stage play has been lost; enough remains to keep things afloat, but not too much. The most surprising thing about it though is that the cast is a bit split; Allen and Scofield are exceptional, but Day-Lewis and Ryder feel miscast (thoug"

Collection: From Novel to Film (780 movies items)

" TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Crucible PUBLISHED FORMAT: play AUTHOR/CREATOR: Arthur Miller ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1953 HAVE I READ: Yes NOTES: The Crucible is perhaps one of the best known written pieces of fiction dramatizing the Salem Witch Trials. "

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" Daniel Day-Lewis"

Negative Depictions of Real People (24 movies items)

"Abigail Williams, was not a conniving plotter, who wanted to kill John Proctor's wife so she could have him all to herself (the real Williams was 11, and the real John Proctor was 60, and there is zero evidence that they were having an affair) and was not malicious in her accusations, but was more likely doing it because she was scared she would be executed if she didn't. The real Thomas Danforth was also not the driving force behind the executions either, that was William Stoughton. Danforth a"

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this rather obscure feature but since I have always been a huge fan of of Daniel Day-Lewis, I”

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this rather obscure feature but since I have always been a huge fan of of Daniel Day-Lewis, I”