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Hamlet (DVD, 2000, Criterion Collection) 
Hamlet (DVD, 2000, Criterion Collection)

 
Hamlet (DVD, 2000, Criterion Collection)

Leading Role: Jean Simmons
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: Sep 2000
Format: DVD
Additional Info: Criterion Collection
UPC: 037429128428
Product ID: EPID3345279
Description: Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of "the man who could not make up his mind." In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision...
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Movie Description
Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of "the man who could not make up his mind." In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son Hamlet that Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, was responsible for murdering the king. When the murderer married Hamlet's mother--the king's widow--scarcely two months after his funeral, he also took the throne that was his brother's. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him--yet Hamlet procrastinates, unsure of how best to accomplish his task. In what was only his second directorial effort, Olivier uses his misty, moody set and long tracking camera shots to complement his indecisive prince tortured by the murder of his father. Olivier's version of the Shakespeare tragedy eliminates the characters of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Fortinbras.

Credits
Producer:Laurence Olivier
Cast:Anthony Quayle, Esmond Knight, Harcourt Williams, Jean Simmons, Norman Wooland

Details
Edition:Criterion Collection

Notes
DVD Features

Region 0
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer
Audio:
   Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English
Interactive Features:
   Interactive Menus
   Scene Access, Filmed on location in Elsinore, Denmark.

Estimated budget: $2 million.

Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons also costarred in SPARTACUS.

Vivien Leigh had played Ophelia onstage before, but Olivier told her she was "too old" to play her in the film.

A stuntman on the set lost two teeth shooting a scene in which Oiivier drops on him from 15 feet.

Editorial Reviews
Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly - Steve Daly (03/26/1991)

"...Subsequent screen HAMLET outings haven't significantly improved on this version..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (09/22/2000)

Awards
1948Academy AwardsBest ActorLaurence Olivier, 1948Academy AwardsBest Art Direction - Set Decoration (b&w), 1948Academy AwardsBest Art Direction - Set Decoration (b&w)Carmen Dillon, 1948Academy AwardsBest Costume Design (b&w), 1948Academy AwardsBest Picture

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