Word: roland
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...adultery. She had an affair with the colony's preacher (Gary Oldman) and, while enduring her public shame, fought off the pernitions of her long-lost husband Roger (Robert Duvall). But this plot doesn't kick in until about the 11th or 12th hour of the film. Director Roland Joffe dwells instead on the nude bodies of Moore (caressing herself) and Oldman (skinny-dipping) as Hester and the Rev fall in lust. And stay around for their epochally silly sex scene. It makes Hester's secret seem more like Victoria...
...their books--and the makers of "The Scarlet Letter" sure put this freedom to use. But by basing a film on a classic of American literature, you beg your audience to ask how and why the original has been altered. Logic (certainly not experience) tells us that producer/director Roland Joffe and screen-writer Douglas Day Stewart couldn't have wanted to make the story worse, so they must have thought that they were making it better...
...successful play of the Lions revealed the talent of many Columbia athletes. Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors went to linebacker Paul Roland, who made 11 tackles, eight of which were unassisted...
...class day address at the Graduate School of Education will be delivered by Joseph A. Maxwell, associate professor of education, and Roland Smith, the alumni council chair...
...Sheldon's former "field man," Roland D. Elderkin says he investigated the histories of the subjects photographed...