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The Scarlet Letter (1995 film) 2011 to name the few films in his catalogue that he would take to a desert island, Oldman named "The Scarlet Letter" among his four choices. He conceded Travers's assertion that the film was "hammered" by reviewers, but argued, "There's some good work in there." The Scarlet Letter (1995 film) The Scarlet Letter is a 1995 American romantic drama film. It is a film adaptation of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel of the same name. It was directed by Roland Joffé and stars Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, and Robert Duvall. This version was "freely adapted" from Hawthorne and deviated from the