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7.9/10   256 votes
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Director:
Rodney Bennett
Writer:
William Shakespeare (play)
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Release Date:
10 November 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch... more | add synopsis
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The finest Hamlet more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hamlet
The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (USA) (video title)
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Runtime:
USA:210 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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Claire Bloom who plays Hamlet mother is only seven years older than her on-screen son. more
Movie Connections:
Version of The Tragedy of Hamlet (2002) (TV) more

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11 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
The finest Hamlet, 4 January 2005
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Author: jpendley from United States

I've seen various Hamlets, and I've taught the play. As I watch Jacobi, I'm tempted to think that he's every bit as intelligent as Hamlet himself, so alive is he to every nuance of this character's wit. He deepens, rather than solves, every puzzle regarding Hamlet's character. He illuminates line after line, word after word, shining light into this sparkling mind. At the same time, however, we cringe at the horror Hamlet feels at his betrayal--far more than with any other actor--because Jacobi feels the pain more profoundly than anyone else. And we shudder at Hamlet's own betrayals, because Jacobi is not afraid of the baseness to which Hamlet can descend. In short, Jacobi gives us Hamlet in full, and Hamlet in full is the greatest character in literature. That's why I'm satisfied that Jacobi's Hamlet is the finest performance I've seen by an actor.

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