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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| 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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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 June 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$62,253, 14 May 2000Gross USA:
$1,568,749Company Credits
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Dolby DigitalAspect Ratio:
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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 his soliloquy, Hamlet says "The undiscovered country to whose bourn /No traveler returns." Shakespeare wrote, "The undiscovered country *from* whose bourn /No traveler returns," i.e. no one comes back from the next life to tell us what it's like. 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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New York, 2000, and Polonius telling his daughter Ophelia that Hamlet is
too princely for her, while Laertes goes on about her 'chaste treasure'?
Far better to have set it in the real Denmark, say 20 years or more ago.
Still, Maclachnan, Venora & Shepard acquit themselves well and Julia
Stiles is an extraordinarily moving Ophelia (and I've seen dozens). The
final duel is a mess and a muddle, but the presage of Ophelia's suicide
in the swimming pool is masterly. I've no idea how Hamlet, Rosencrantz &
Guildernstern got to England - did they use the QEII? - nor how Hamlet
escaped thence, though of course it would be dead easy these day. The
Baz Luhrmann 'Romeo & Juliet' worked for me, but not, alas, this: but as
a Shakespeare completist I had t