Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
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Michael Almereyda
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ethan Hawke | ... | Hamlet | |
| Kyle MacLachlan | ... | Claudius | |
| Diane Venora | ... | Gertrude | |
| Sam Shepard | ... | Ghost | |
| Bill Murray | ... | Polonius | |
| Liev Schreiber | ... | Laertes | |
| Julia Stiles | ... | Ophelia | |
| Karl Geary | ... | Horatio | |
| Paula Malcomson | ... | Marcella | |
| Steve Zahn | ... | Rosencrantz | |
| Dechen Thurman | ... | Guildenstern | |
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Rome Neal | ... | Barnardo |
| Jeffrey Wright | ... | Gravedigger | |
| Paul Bartel | ... | Osric | |
| Casey Affleck | ... | Fortinbras | |
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New York, 2000. A specter in the guise of the newly-dead CEO of Denmark Corporation appears to Hamlet, tells of murder most foul, demands revenge, and identifies the killer as Claudius, the new head of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle and now step-father. Hamlet must determine if the ghost is truly his father, and if Claudius did the deed. To buy time, Hamlet feigns madness; to catch his uncle's conscience, he invites him to watch a film he's made that shows a tale of murder. Finally convinced of Claudius's guilt, Hamlet must avenge his father. Claudius now knows Hamlet is a threat and even uses Ophelia, Hamlet's love, in his own plots against the young man. Murder will out? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Performed by Primal Scream
Written by Roky Erickson/Tommy Hall
Published by Roky Erickson Music (ASCAP)
Administered by Trace Elements
Courtesy of Creation Records, Ltd.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Liev Schreiber and Paula Malcomson are also appeared in 2013 Showtime's series, "Ray Donovan". See more »Goofs
In Gertrude's bedroom, just after Hamlet kills Polonius, a boom mic is reflected in the windows. See more »Soundtracks
Slip Inside This HousePerformed by Primal Scream
Written by Roky Erickson/Tommy Hall
Published by Roky Erickson Music (ASCAP)
Administered by Trace Elements
Courtesy of Creation Records, Ltd.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 June 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$62,253, 14 May 2000Gross USA:
$1,577,287Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,046,433Company Credits
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Shakespeare has arrived in the moneyed world of New York, and I think he likes it. What particularly struck me about this film was some of the imagery and devices. Reflections are everywhere, not just in Hamlet's soliloquies: glass windows, mirrors, water, even the video screen. If we exist only in the eyes of others (J-P Sartre), then everything in this film is granted existence, even Hamlet's madness, because we see it through so many media and reflections. Hamlet's "play within a play" becomes a film, not something ephemeral, but a strip of celluloid that will last past his death, just as this play has survived so many centuries after Shakespeare's time.