Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) 7.4
Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them. Director:Tom Stoppard |
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) 7.4
Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them. Director:Tom Stoppard |
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| Gary Oldman | ... | ||
| Tim Roth | ... | ||
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | ||
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Livio Badurina | ... |
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Tomislav Maretic | ... |
Tragedian
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Mare Mlacnik | ... |
Tragedian
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| Serge Soric | ... |
Tragedian
(as Srdjan Soric)
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Mladen Vasary | ... |
Tragedian
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| Zeljko Vukmirica | ... |
Tragedian
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Branko Zavrsan | ... |
Tragedian
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Joanna Roth | ... | |
| Iain Glen | ... | ||
| Donald Sumpter | ... | ||
| Joanna Miles | ... | ||
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Ljubo Zecevic | ... | |
Showing events from the point of view of two minor characters from Hamlet, men who have no control over their destiny, this film examines fate and asks if we can ever really know what's going on? Are answers as important as the questions? Will Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or Guildenstern and Rosencrantz) manage to discover the source of Hamlet's malaise as requested by the new king? Will the mysterious players who are strolling around the castle reveal the secrets they evidently know? And whose serve is it? Written by Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk>
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I love everything about it! The dialogue is ingenious, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Richard Dreyfuss are all superb and the concept is original. I found it much funnier on the second viewing; there is just so much to take in. It takes patience; you are thrown in seemingly in the middle of something. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters in Hamlet wander into the events of the play on call for their dialogue, and in between try to figure out their existence.
Sadly there is no US DVD, and I think the VHS is out of print. I have an old laserdisc, and I have heard that there's a UK DVD. If you do run across this I couldn't recommend it more strongly!