- York Notes on Arthur Miller's "Crucible"
- The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Penguin Modern Classics)
- Notes on Miller's "Crucible" (Cliffs Notes)
- The Crucible in History: And other essays
- The Crucible (Heinemann Plays For 14-16+)
Browse Categories
Ads & Sponsors
ShopScifi.co.ukContributors
Like This? Want More?
The Crucible [1997] [DVD]
![Buy The Crucible [1997] [DVD]: Joan Allen,Winona Ryder,Daniel Day-Lewis,Paul Scofield,Bruce Davison,](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V3PRBWA5L.jpg "Buy The Crucible [1997] [DVD]: Joan Allen,Winona Ryder,Daniel Day-Lewis,Paul Scofield,Bruce Davison,")
Buy The Crucible [1997] [DVD]: Joan Allen,Winona Ryder,Daniel Day-Lewis,Paul Scofield,Bruce Davison,
Buy The Crucible [1997] [DVD] Now
Suitable for 12 years and over
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date: Monday 19th of April 2004
Starring: Joan Allen, Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Scofield, Bruce Davison, £12.99
Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Salem witch hunts are given a new and nasty perspective when a vengeful teenage girl uses superstition and repression to her advantage, creating a killing machine that becomes a force unto itself. Pulsating with seductive energy, this provocative drama is as visually arresting as it is intellectually engrossing. Arthur Miller based his classic 1953 play on the actual Salem witch trials of 1692, creating what has since become a durable fixture of school drama courses. It may look like a historical drama but Miller also meant the work as a parable for the misery created by the McCarthy anti-Communist hearings of the 1950s. This searing version of his drama delves into matters of conscience with concise accuracy and emotional honesty. Three passionate cheers for Miller, director Nicholas Hytner and costars Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Colonial America
Review date: 2010-07-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
a very nice adaptation of Arthur Miller's play. Being very interested in Colonial America, I could only enjoy this one! Can be used for classes as well.
The Crucible [1997] [DVD] Reviews
Powerful theartre translates to powerful film
Review date: 2010-05-16 Rating: 10 out of 10
I've been teaching The Crucible as a GCSE drama text to inner-city schoolchildren for years, and my students never fail to be moved by this film version.
The beautifully detailed period setting and costumes are the framework for some truly top-class acting.
Daniel Day-Lewis manages to invest John Proctor with bucketloads of charisma, leading more than one fifteen year-old schoolgirl to announce that he's "a bit phwoooargh"! Winona Ryder gives Abigail a streak of vulnerability which helps to explain her desperate actions, and Joan Allen as Elizabeth is a masterfully understated performance. The scenes in the courtroom where she is asked if her husband did or did not commit adultery, and between Elizabeth and John on the wintery beach at the end of the film are some of the most powerful scenes I have ever seen in cinema, and I have witnessed much surreptitious eye-wiping amongst my classes as the final credits roll.
It's not often that a scriptwriter gets to write the screenplay for a film and translate his own theatrical vision to a filmic one. We are fortunate that Arthur Miller was able to give us his vision in so memorable and striking a form.
Not for the faint-hearted
Review date: 2009-05-27 Rating: 10 out of 10
This is an extremely well-made film with a superb cast. The film tells the story of the witchcraft trials in Salem.
The subject matter is difficult with Paul Scofield managing to make his character believable despite the - to us - incredible misunderstanding and intolerance of his character.
Daniel Day-Lewis is also excellent showing the 'everyman' view of what is happening in Salem when mass hysteria leads to well-known and respected people in the community being accused of witch-craft and their words being twisted so that whatever they said it was taken as proof of their guilt.
The film (and the story) has a Lord-of-the-Flies like quality showing the worst of human nature. The film is compelling despite the horror of its content.
Melting-pot
Review date: 2009-05-25 Rating: 10 out of 10
Daniel Day-Lewis gives his trademark intensity free reign in this absorbing adaptation of Arthur Miller's passionate and powerful play. Winona Ryder plays the manipulative Abigail Williams to a tee, as she naively sets off a chain of events in the town of Salem Massachusetts, that will result in the execution of many of the townsfolk and which was written by Miller as a thinly-veiled attack on the McCarthy Communist 'witch-hunts' of the 1950s.
A dark and brooding tale of greed, piety, and hypocrisy; this 1996 version of the film captures the play's spirit perfectly, and comes highly recommended.
An excellent crucible
Review date: 2009-02-27 Rating: 10 out of 10
An excellent film of the play in which all actors excell but none more than Paul Scofield.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Joan Allen
To find out more about Joan Allen click on their nameWinona Ryder
To find out more about Winona Ryder click on their nameDaniel Day-Lewis
To find out more about Daniel Day-Lewis click on their namePaul Scofield
To find out more about Paul Scofield click on their nameBruce Davison
To find out more about Bruce Davison click on their nameCreators:
Daniel Day-Lewis (Primary Contributor)
Winona Ryder (Primary Contributor)
Andrew Dunn (Cinematographer)
Tariq Anwar (Editor)
David V. Picker (Producer)
Diana Pokorny (Producer)
Mitchell Levin (Producer)
Robert A. Miller (Producer)
Arthur Miller (Writer)
Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036016933
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Colour, PAL,
Release date: 2004-04-19
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 118 minutes
