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:
$1,577,287Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,046,433Company Credits
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Dolby DigitalAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Written and Performed by William Mays (as Bill Mays)
Published by No Blooze Music (ASCAP)
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Paul Bartel's final film role. See more »Goofs
When we first see Claudius speaking, his mouth is obviously saying something other than what we hear. It lasts for about five seconds. See more »Soundtracks
Scream Time at GuggenheimWritten and Performed by William Mays (as Bill Mays)
Published by No Blooze Music (ASCAP)
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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.