The Scarlet Letter - 1979 (Pt 1 and 2 of 4)

starring John Heard and Meg Foster

[@jenniferadam8052]

So happy to see this finally on KZbin! I saw it in high school in the 80s and remember being blown away! So it was funny that many years later it turned out that my husband was friends with Rick Hauser, the director of this film. I got to work with Rick a little on a project that my husband was also part of, and RIck gave me his gently used Martha Stewart cookbook as a gift. I still have it and use it! I was very sad to hear that Rick passed away rather quickly from cancer a couple of years ago. A very talented man who should be proud of his part in this film creation. The best version of the book I've seen.

[@kamdan2011]

Meg Foster’s eyes were so mesmerizing when I saw this in high school.

[@JLRoberson]

The best adaptation ever done of this book, especially ideal in its casting. Foster and Heard are definitive. The cheap video look makes it more accessible IMO. It makes it look like something that could happen in front of you. I like this A LOT. I remember when it was broadcast originally, not long after the BBC's COUNT DRACULA with a similar look(and effects), and as a kid my mind grouped them.

[@sophiakiedrowski587]

Omg this was so hard to find! Thanks so much!

[@helanesolomon1724]

Thank you! I love Meg Foster in this role!

[@stacytadlock7666]

Thank you for posting this fine adaptation! 😊❤

[@gregoryblaska1586]

Just wonderful! I've been looking for this forever and it far from disappoints. This and the BBC's THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS from the 1970s are superior adaptations

[@joannenorton454]

This is wonderful that we can finally see this again!

[@carollund8251]

I remember seeing this on tv long long ago

[@neo5kali]

Thank you sooooo much for uploading! I loved this series when I was a kid and it first came out on TV. I had watched the series over and over again. Much appreciated.

[@IRONMANFAN2008]

I been looking for this movie for years.

[@dorikragh1939]

Me too!

[@supertrouper2550]

This is pretty stunning. Thank you SO much for posting this, including the PBS logo and made possible by ads! I couldn't believe this when I first saw it on PBS. How they could have perfectly cast "The Scarlet Letter" with Meg Foster as Hester, John Heard as Rev. Dimsdale and Kevin Conway as Roger Chillingworth is amazing.

[@talltalllady]

That PBS broadcast brings me back to my childhood

[@supertrouper2550]

@@talltalllady it really does. It was one of the few books I really enjoyed on our required reading list. It is truly a terrific adaptation.

[@debbieharris5667]

I am so happy to find this!! This is my favorite version, I haven't seen it since it originally aired on PBS ❤ Megan Foster is soooo beautiful!

[@clairelivefreeordie2551]

Ikr....Meg has amazing eyes 👁

[@karenward4480]

This was the best version

[@marlenebrown2634]

This is the best and truest version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel. That 1995 travesty starring Demi Moore was so bad and off the wall that I couldn't finish watching it! Don't bother with that one if you want to see a masterpiece. Stick with this version. So well acted and so well done! Thank you for uploading it onto KZbin! I have the dvd but the conversation is so quiet that I can't hear it very well. No captioning on the dvd.

[@madala9324]

The John Barry music was superb as usual . A gift from god !!!

[@julie9589]

Agree!! And I recall reading a review of the 1995 movie. The critic kept excoriating Hawthorn's writing. Proved the critic never read the book. The only miscast in this one is: Hester was described as having dark brown eyes. 😊

[@XX-tk9qb]

Thank you for posting, I went to kindergarten with Elisa Erali 🥰

[@kellywittmann1893]

Thank you so very much!

[@louisehroncich281]

GOOD MOVIE. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. JUST THE CLOTHES.

[@user-fq2yh5mf4l]

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[@Brwneydgrl69]

I seen this version in English Literature Class in Highschool in Mid 80s.

[@talltalllady]

Is the actor playing the man she cheated with Steven Weber?

[@supertrouper2550]

@@talltalllady Looks like him, but no it is John Heard.

[@talltalllady]

@@supertrouper2550 Thanks

[@cynthianolder3557]

@@supertrouper2550 RIP, John Heard

[@supertrouper2550]

@@cynthianolder3557 Yes. Was sad when I read of his passing. This mini series made me aware of his talents.

[@EliseIsabella-cb1zo]

Rest well John....you gave the world so many great characters...thanks.

[@ladylibertywdc8324]

Thank you! The old video still too expensive to buy used!

[@ZeoViolet]

I remember this version from school. I've read the book as well. There isn't much great about Chillingworth, but at least he won't take out vengeance on an innocent child. He makes it quite clear in the book that he will not avenge himself on Pearl.

[@RiniDiamandis]

ty bestie

[@djfurlong1]

You rule!

[@MaxxDoberman]

Back when PBS had quality programming

[@abdullahalz5414]

I'm here because my Master degree research 👨‍🎓

[@BobSmith-tn2qp]

Do we have to return this movie back to the library 🤔

[@amer7961]

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[@greatsajby9266]

Dimmesdale loved Hester, but he always thought Paulie was a psycho.

[@saeerashraf6128]

I couldn't understand story in starting.

[@user-fq2yh5mf4l]

A good blackberry soupsop meal

[@RiniDiamandis]

is meg foster jodi fosters mum?

[@evansmith3589]

No

[@marissaflores418]

1:43:00 - 1:43:06 Arthur starts screaming

[@marissaflores418]

1:28:42 - 1:39:51 Arthur scourging himself