Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) (1990)

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Directed by

Tom Stoppard

Starring (View all)

Gary Oldman
Rosencrantz

Tim Roth
Guildenstern

Richard Dreyfuss
The Player

Serge Soric
Tragedian

Zeljko Vukmirica
Tragedian

Joanna Roth
Ophelia

Iain Glen
Hamlet

Donald Sumpter
Claudius

Written by

Tom Stoppard
(written by)

William Shakespeare
play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

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Gilmore Girls of the Elizabethan Age

14 years, 8 months ago at Mar 14 19:56

nataliegoes

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or vice versa) find themselves in the middle of something that they have no power over. The movie (and play before it) is from the view of two of the most minor of characters from Hamlet. It's charm comes from the fact that they are so minor that the world buffets them from scene to scene with no will of their own, and they try to figure out their own purpose for ex... read more

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

9 years, 8 months ago at Apr 1 21:01

JxSxPx

Sometimes a certain piece should just be left as whatever medium it was originally intended to be. Rosencratz & Guildenstern Are Dead is witty and takes a familiar subject matter from an acute angle, but it doesn’t make for a great feature film. It’s so obviously indentured to the stage, so dependent upon audience interaction and knowledge of Hamlet to thrive, that something is missing from th... read more

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Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Release date: 8 February 1991
UPC: 014381256222

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" Showing events from the point of view of two minor characters from Hamlet, men who have no control over their destiny, this film examines fate and asks, Can we ever really know what's going on? Are answers as important as questions? Will Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or Guildenstern and Rosencrantz) manage to discover the source of Hamlet's malaise as requested by the new king? Will the mysterious players who are strolling around the castle reveal the secrets they evidently know? And whose s"