Hamlet

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1h 52m

Ethan Hawke in Hamlet (2000)

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Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.

Director
- Michael Almereyda
Writers
- William Shakespeare(play)
- Michael Almereyda(screen adaptation)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

Ethan Hawke and Julia Stiles in Hamlet (2000)

Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan at an event for Hamlet (2000)

Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan at an event for Hamlet (2000)

Ethan Hawke in Hamlet (2000)

Ethan Hawke in Hamlet (2000)

Ethan Hawke in Hamlet (2000)

Ethan Hawke in Hamlet (2000)

Hamlet (2000)

Hamlet (2000)

Hamlet (2000)

Hamlet (2000)

Ethan Hawke in Hamlet (2000)

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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? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some violence
Parents guide

Trivia
At 29, Ethan Hawke is the youngest actor to play Hamlet on film. He is also close to the age Hamlet is supposed to be in the original text, which is 30.

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.

Quotes
Ghost: I am thy father's spirit.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: The Beach/Snow Day/Holy Smoke (2000)

Soundtracks
Let Me See
Performed by Morcheeba
Written by Paul Godfrey, Ross Godfrey, & Skye Edwards
Published by Chrysalis Songs (BMI)
Courtesy of China Records LTD./Warner Music U.K. LTD.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

Top review

It didn't work for me

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

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yeadur
Mar 11, 2001

Release date
- June 23, 2000 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Гамлет
Filming locations
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - 1071 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Production company
- double A Films
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Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $1,577,287
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $62,253
- May 14, 2000
Gross worldwide
- $2,046,433

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
1 hour 52 minutes
Color
- Color
- Black and White
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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