Directors: Director, Cast:, Movie Description: Hamlet, son of the king of Denmark, is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother's wedding to his uncle. In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, whom he hates anyway, murdered his father. In an incredibly convoluted plot-the most complicated and most interesting in all literature-he manages to (impossible to put this in exact order) feign (or perhaps not to feign) madness, murder the 'prime minister,' love and then unlove an innocent whom he drives to madness, plot and then unplot against the uncle, direct a play within a play, successfully conspire against the lives of two well-meaning friends, and finally take his revenge on the uncle, but only at the cost of almost every life on stage, including his own and his mother's.
Storyline Hamlet, son of the king of Denmark, is summoned home for his father’s funeral and his mother’s wedding to his uncle. In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, whom he hates anyway, murdered his father. In an incredibly convoluted plot–the most complicated and most interesting in all literature–he manages to (impossible to put this in exact order) feign (or perhaps not to feign) madness, murder the “prime minister,” love and then unlove an innocent whom he drives to madness, plot and then unplot against the uncle, direct a play within a play, successfully conspire against the lives of two well-meaning friends, and finally take his revenge on the uncle, but only at the cost of almost every life on stage, including his own and his mother’s. Written by John Brosseau Language:1st English – 2nd Commentary (English) Subtitles:VobSub English, French, Spanish.
Kenneth Branagh ('Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' 'The Road to El Dorado') writes, directs and stars in this four-time Oscar-nominated classic Shakespeare saga about the melancholy Dane. With an all-star cast, including Oscar-nominee Kate Winslet ('Iris,' 'Titanic') and Oscar-winner Julie Christie ('Dragonheart,' 'Dr. Zhivago'), as well as appearances by Charlton Heston, John Gielgud, Jack Lemmon, Gerard Depardieu, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and many others.
Branagh received an Oscar nomination for his outstanding screenplay. The Hollywood Reporter says 'Branagh has boldly invigorated William Shakespeare's most celebrated play to a towering visual dimension that captures the tumultuous tragedy as no stage or filmic version has. Multiple Oscar nominations seem in order.' ½ Just as a cinematic experience, this film is unparalledled.
It takes the story and puts it in a different era, but for the most part keeps the rest of things intact. This is a grand, long, sweeping epic that reaqlly does justice to the Bard and this, his most famous/popular (I'd assume) story. The technical stuff, like the sets, costumes, pageantry, art direction, all of that, is just perfect.
This is high art that's also accessible. The camera work and direction are wonderful, and the massive ensemble cast filled with tons of cameos are awesome. Well, Jack Lemmmon (surprisingly) is a bit weak, but the rest are great. This isn't a film I want to watch too often, mostly because it is a lot to undertake, but it is definitely one of those spectacle films that deserves repeated viewings. I don't know what it is, but Branagh and Shakespeare are just a perfect match, and this is exhibit a to prove that.
Good god, Kenneth Branagh plays Kenneth Branagh in everything he does. It's commendable that he chooses to play Hamlet as an ACTIVE character, rather than a PASSIVE one, but his interpretation is much too knowing, much too methodical for the unsure, questioning, brooding prince. Hamlet is driven by love for his father, mother, and Ophelia, but all I saw was an arrogant, attention-seeking, pretty-boy. Branagh had merely three notes in his performance- screaming fury, hushed seriousness, schticky madness. SOOO schticky and not even funny.
Kudos for undertaking this full-length version on film but it's supposed to be film. There was nothing cinematically artistic about the execution - cinematography was lazy and scoring tried to compensate.
I do have to admit though, out of Branagh, Gibson, and Hawke, Branagh does the best 'I loved Ophelia!'
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United States Language English Budget $18 million Box office $4.7 million Hamlet is a 1996 of 's play, adapted and directed by, who also stars as. The film also features as, as, as, as, as, and as. Other cast members include, and.
The film is the first unabridged theatrical film version of Hamlet, running just over four hours. The setting is updated to the 19th century, but its Elizabethan English remains the same.
Is the setting used for the exterior grounds of Elsinore Castle and interiors were all photographed at, blended with the footage shot at Blenheim. Hamlet was also the last major dramatic motion picture to be filmed entirely on until 2012, with the release of 's.
Hamlet has been regarded as one of the best Shakespeare film adaptations. However, it was not a box office success, grossing just under $5 million on a budget of $18 million.
The film received four nominations for the for , , , and (Kenneth Branagh). Main article: The film follows the plot of, and is the first adaptation to have the complete original text. Cast Main characters. as, the story's protagonist and Prince of Denmark. He is the son of the late King Hamlet and heir to the throne of Denmark.
At first, Hamlet is mournful of his father's death and dissatisfied with his mother's swift remarriage to Claudius. However, Hamlet is later told by the ghost of his father King Hamlet that Claudius murdered him, usurping his title. Upon knowing this crime, Hamlet is sworn to avenge his father's murder. Branagh's interpretation of the title role, by his own admission, was considerably less 'neurotic' than others, removing the Oedipal fixation so prominently featured in Olivier's 1948 film among others. During the scenes in which Hamlet pretends to be insane, Branagh portrayed the Prince as.
as, the story's antagonist and brother of the late king. He murdered his brother Hamlet by pouring poison into his ear while he slept. He then quickly usurps his brother's title and quickly marries his widow. At first, believing Hamlet to be mad by the loss of his father and rejection from Ophelia, Claudius is persuaded by Polonius to spy on Hamlet.
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When Claudius later learns Hamlet knows of the murder, he tries to use, two of Hamlet's schoolmates, to have his nephew murdered. Although Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are more than willing to serve Claudius, they have no idea that he wants Hamlet dead. Jacobi appeared in the title role in the BBC's 1980 made-for-television version of Hamlet. as, Queen of Denmark and wife to both the late King Hamlet and King Claudius, whom she married swiftly following the former's passing—ignorant of the foul play that caused his death. as, the Lord Chamberlain. An impertinent busy-body, Polonius believes Hamlet to be mad and convinces Claudius to join him in spying on the prince.
He is eventually murdered while eavesdropping by Hamlet, who mistakes him for Claudius. as, noblewoman of Denmark and daughter of Polonius. Ophelia was the romantic interest of Hamlet, until advised by her father Polonius and brother to end their relationship.
She is eventually driven mad by both Hamlet's rejection and her father's murder and drowns herself. as, a good friend of Hamlet whom he met while attending.
as, the son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia. After instructing his sister to have no further relations with Hamlet, he departs for Paris. Upon news of his father's murder, Laertes returns to Denmark, leading a mob to storm the castle. Claudius explains to him who the real killer was and incites Laertes to kill Hamlet and avenge Polonius' death.
He later conspires with Claudius to murder Hamlet during a fencing duel. as, the Norwegian crown prince.
Played mostly in flashback and frequently referenced throughout the film, Fortinbras and his army storm Elsinore castle during the final scene, assuming the vacant throne of Denmark. Supporting characters. as, the Elsinore courtier sent by Claudius to invite Hamlet to participate in the duel with Laertes. as Reynaldo, a servant to Polonius. He is sent by Polonius to Paris to check up on Laertes. as, a courtier friend of Hamlet who is sent by Claudius to spy on Hamlet. as, a courtier friend of Hamlet who is sent by Claudius to spy on Hamlet.
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as Marcellus, a sentry at Elsinore who, with Barnardo, alerts Horatio of the appearance of King Hamlet's Ghost. as Barnardo, a sentry at Elsinore who, with Marcellus, alerts Horatio of the appearance of King Hamlet's Ghost.
as Francisco, a sentry at Elsinore and the first character to appear on screen. as the, an apparition in the form of the late King who informs Hamlet of his murder and Claudius's usurpation of the throne. as the, a sexton digging Ophelia's grave who makes a case as to why she should not receive Christian burial before making quick dialogue with Hamlet.
He later presents the skull of to Hamlet, not knowing of Hamlet's history with the jester. as the. as Voltimand, an ambassador sent by King Claudius to Old King Norway. as Cornelius, an ambassador sent by King Claudius to Old King Norway.
as the Player King. as the Player Queen. as the English Ambassador. as, the King of Troy, played in flashback during the Player King's speech.
as, the Queen of Troy and wife of Priam, played in flashback during the Player King's speech. as Old King Norway, uncle of Fortinbras, played in flashback reprimanding his nephew for claims against Denmark. Apnaview hollywood movies fast and furious 5. as, the King's Jester, played in flashback entertaining the royals of Elsinore during the gravediggers scene., appears in a small cameo scene as the Norwegian Captain. Production Origins Aspects of the film's staging are based on 's recent production of the play, in which Branagh had played the title role.
Text The film uses a conflated text based on the 1623, with additions from the Second Quarto and amendments from other sources. According to a note appended to the published screenplay: The screenplay is based on the text of Hamlet as it appears in the First Folio – the edition of Shakespeare’s plays collected by his theatrical associates Heminges and Condell and published in 1623 by a syndicate of booksellers. Nothing has been cut from this text, and some passages absent from it (including the soliloquy 'How all occasions do inform against me.' ) have been supplied from the Second Quarto (an edition of the play which exists in copies dated 1604 and 1605). We have also incorporated some readings of words and phrases from this source and from other early printed texts, and in a few cases emendations from modern editors of the play. Thus in I, 4, in the passage (from the Second Quarto) about the 'dram of eale', we use an emendation from the Oxford edition of the Complete Works (edited by Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, 1988): 'doth all the noble substance over-daub' – rather than the original's 'of a doubt'. Style Despite using a full text, Branagh's film is also very visual; it makes frequent use of to depict scenes that are either only described but not performed in Shakespeare's text, such as Hamlet's childhood friendship with Yorick, or scenes only implied by the play's text, such as Hamlet's sexual relationship with 's Ophelia.
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The film also uses very for numerous scenes. In a radical departure from previous Hamlet films, Branagh set the internal scenes in a vibrantly colourful setting, featuring a throne room dominated by mirrored doors; film scholar Samuel Crowl calls the setting ' film noir with all the lights on'. Branagh chose costuming and furnishings, using, built in the early 18th century, as Elsinore Castle for the external scenes. Harry Keyishan has suggested that the film is structured as an, courting comparison with, and.
Lawrence Guntner points out, comparisons with the latter film are heightened by the presence of ( Zhivago 's Lara) as Gertrude. Filming Hamlet was shot in. It was the last feature film to be shot in 70 mm until production of in 2012.
Branagh was among the very few to use cameras after that, on his 2017 film. Music William Shakespeare's Hamlet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Released 10 December 1996 Recorded 1996 Soundtrack Length 76: 25 Patrick Doyle Maggie Rodford Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Film Music on the Web The score to Hamlet was composed and co-produced by frequent Kenneth Branagh collaborator and conducted by Robert Ziegler. Doyle composed three primary themes for the film to accompany the characters of Ophelia, Claudius, and Hamlet, which are varied throughout the score. The 'simple, childlike' theme for Ophelia is mostly string-dominant, often performed by a yet occasionally accompanied by a full string ensemble or mixed chorus.
For Claudius, Doyle composed a theme in the form of a demented, using more 20th century harmonies. The theme for Hamlet was considered by Doyle to be 'the most daunting and elusive' to conceive, before settling upon a more 'simple' motif to accompany the contemplative character. The soundtrack was released 10 December 1996 through and features twenty-six tracks of score at a running time of over seventy-six minutes. For his work on the film, Doyle received an nomination for. ^ 13 November 2011 at the. Retrieved 26 January 2012. From the original on 8 August 2008.
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