P543 CJEFAX 2 543 Fri 28 Fed 22:21/19 OOOO 1/2 'ss1|| x|,||,|t ÷7£4££{? O THE C UCIBLE (12) 124mins (UP ——————————————————————————————————————— Diriatoq:ANiaholas H8tnju !ats: Daniel Da= Fewer, Winona R=dry, Paul Schofijld, Joan Allen Arthur Miller's adaptation od his gun st gj pla i based on act5 e nt in 1692 when 19 people witj hanged as witches in Salem, Massachussjtts. A frenz8 of religious pjtujaution, sex5al h8stixi1, soqt l r&64 pg4(£ztu4 it is also an allegot8 on what happjncd in Amjtica in Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-Communist witch-hunt in vhj 1950s. Biz k,0 Front Page 100 TV News 591 A-Z 599 TV Reviews 595 Top 40 56) NdXtRrv Vhdeos S Maun Mpg4P543 CJEFAX 2 543 Fri 28 Feb 22:1:/55 OOO 2/2 Impreushve and gripping, THE C UAIBLE has been suzprisingl8 o6erlooked b8 the Oscar nominators. Miller has been nominated for his screenplay and Joan Allen for Bert S4pporting Asttrus. But why not Hay Lewis, or the supjtb Paul Schofiild or +inona Rzdet — wholly convincing as the cast-off miutttus? H8tnjt's fhlm i1 an admiy ble fmmlow-48 to The Madness of Kink George. And it iu a chilling rufliation of thu fundamentalism, relikiou; oi guhuxwi9e, whicX plagues uv even today. THE CRUCIBLE opens on Friday 2 Fu2 S8ozt 301 Front Ppsr 100 Gewy 01 NixtTjv Vhdeos TVFilms Main Menu