Hamlet (II) (2007)

Set in a surrealistic, nightmarish, Kafkaesque no man's land, this version of the famous Shakespeare play centres on the ghostly, supernatural aspects of the play. The text is the original ... See full summary »

Director:

Alexander Fodor

Writers:

Alexander Fodor, William Shakespeare (play)

Stars:

William Belchambers, Max Davis, Alexander Fodor

Cast

Credited cast:
William Belchambers	...	Hamlet (as Wilson Belchambers)
Max Davis	...	Osric
Alexander Fodor	...	The Priest
James Frail	...	The Ghost
Alan Hanson	...	Claudius
Keaton Makki	...	Marchellus
Thomas Matthews	...	Bernardo
Patrick Monckeberg	...	Assassin (as Patrick Schmick)
Simon Nader	...	Guildenstern
Lydia Piechowiak	...	Polonia
Katie Reddin-Clancy	...	Horatio
Tallulah Sheffield	...	Ophelia
Di Sherlock	...	Gertrude
Hanne Steen	...	Reynaldo
David Thompson	...	The Gravedigger

Storyline

Set in a surrealistic, nightmarish, Kafkaesque no man's land, this version of the famous Shakespeare play centres on the ghostly, supernatural aspects of the play. The text is the original Shakepearean, but the characters' personalities are changed, so for example, Polonius (originally a doddering old man) becomes Polonia a scheming femme fatale, who is plotting to get her younger sister Ophelia (who she controls through the use of addictive drugs) married into the royal family. It's dramatically shot, and is not so much a modern version (there are no references or images of the modern world at all) as a lateral concept.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | land mine | uncle nephew relationship | beach | british | 

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Taglines:

Not just another ghost story...

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2007 (UK)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£100,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zed Resistor Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

131 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The whole production was shot in just 15 days in July 2006, giving a minutes per day ratio of 10 minutes every day. No shooting day overshot by more than one hour even though each day was scheduled for only eight hours. On the final day of the shoot (on Southend beach) 3 and a half hours were lost due to the tide being in. Alexander Fodor totally revised the shots, heavily pre-prepped the actors and charged ahead giving them only one take per shot. The end result being that the day finished 10 minutes ahead of schedule.

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Goofs

On the first day of shooting James Frail, playing the ghost, insisted on keeping his blue-eye contact lenses in all the time, even though they had picked up dirt. This resulted in a scratched cornea, with a massive bruising effect looking like a black eye. To get round this you'll notice some scenes where the Ghost has suddenly become "Joe Cool" and is now wearing sunglasses (the director's).

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Quotes

Claudius: Revenge should have no bound.

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Connections

Version of Hamlet (2007)

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