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Hamlet (2000)

5.5 Listal rating
6 IMDB rating

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Starring (View all) :
Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke

Hamlet
Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Claudius
Diane Venora

Diane Venora

Gertrude
Bill Murray

Bill Murray

Polonius
Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles

Ophelia
Karl Geary

Karl Geary

Horatio
Paula Malcomson

Paula Malcomson

Marcella
Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn

Rosencrantz


Written by (View all) :
Michael Almereyda

Michael Almereyda

(screen adaptation)


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Originals & Remakes (217 items) by Manling

Published 10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Published 3 months, 4 weeks ago

7 votes
Jonathan Rosenbaum 2000 - 2003 (41 items) by Lamourhaaja

Published 8 months ago

1 comment

7 votes
Retell me a tale (65 items) by Elfflame

Last updated 1 year, 4 months ago

3 comments

5 votes
Modern Shakespeare (8 items) by Abhi

Published 11 months, 4 weeks ago

4 comments


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Hamlet

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 23 0:32
"Good night sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." Hamlet is a modern Shakespeare play adaptation that I found to be both visually stunning, but also a compelling and engaging film. Complete with a stellar cast, this is a rare film that shouldn't me missed. I can't call myself a huge fan of some other films based on one of Shakespeare's plays, but Hamlet has proved as an exception. Director Michael Almereyda has done as Baz Luhrmann did for Romeo + Juliet, in that he has created a very contemporary vision for Hamlet, being set in the modern era. In this case, the film is set in New York City, in 2000. This version stays true to the original play and manages to fit everything effectively within less than two hours (the original play taking four hours to conclude...Read more

Rating : 7/10