Movie Report: The Crucible

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Movie Report: The Crucible

     This movie was based on the play, The Crucible,  written by Arthur Miller.  It was directed
by Nicholas Hytner, and produced by David V. Picker and Robert A Miller.  The three main stars
were Daniel Day Lewis-John Procter, Winona Ryder-Abigail Williams, and Paul Scofield-Judge
Danforth.  The movie was colorized and probably shortened from the play.  It is rated Pg-13 and it
is 123 minutes long.  I watched it on Saturday, the 22nd in my room.
     Several of the town girls and Tituba were caught making mischief and dancing in the forest.
Fearing that they would get in deep trouble they started making up lies and blaming innocent people
to have dealt with the devil.  The group of girls was led by Abigail,”Abby”, Williams.  She used the
whole story to try and get John Proctor to leave his wife and marry her.  Their stories get out of
control and almost everyone in Salem is a suspect.  In the end Abby gets John Proctor hung also.
     The story line is basically historically accurate.  The Salem witch trials really happened, but
there were a few minor things that weren’t accurate.  Tituba was Amerindian, probably South
American Arawak, not African.  The girls didn’t really fall into that sleep, they through very violent
fits. The Parris family was...

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