Nicholas Hytner's 1996 film of Miller's play stars Daniel Day Lewis, Winona Ryder and Paul Scofield.
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SD26F
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English
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English Film
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The power of the play is well captured in this film. One of Miller's intentions in the play was to highlight the comparison between the Salem Witch trials and the McCarthyist purges in 1950s America in which the fear of Communism was exploited for political advantage.
