Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gary Oldman | ... | Rosencrantz | |
Tim Roth | ... | Guildenstern | |
Richard Dreyfuss | ... | The Player | |
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Livio Badurina | ... | Tragedian |
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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 |
Joanna Roth | ... | Ophelia | |
Iain Glen | ... | Hamlet | |
Donald Sumpter | ... | Claudius | |
Joanna Miles | ... | Gertrude | |
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Ljubo Zecevic | ... | Osric |
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>
So I was sitting around watching TV on a Sunday afternoon... or
trying too, anyway. Tragically there was nothing on... until my eye
caught a title; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. My inner- geek answered "well duh. Read the play didn't I?" Of course my
inner geek is also curious as anything, so my geek and I turned
the channel sat back and watched as two befuddled, goofy
Shakespearian hooligans find themselves in Elsinor home of their
loony friend Hamlet. Now don't get me wrong, the dialogue goes
about 90 miles per hour, but the topics are Kevin Smith-like in their
randomness and the relationship between these two classic
characters also remind me of one Kevin would write. What's more the only way to know which is Rosencrantz and which
is Guildenstern is to look on the credits. Even they sometimes
aren't sure who's who. This movie is lightning fast and painfully
clever, definitely not for the faint of heart or head, but if you've got it
in you I *highly* recommend it.