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Hamlet

DVD

2000

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Hamlet (Motion picture : 1948)
Title:	Hamlet / Janus Films ; a J. Arthur Rank Enterprise ; a Two Cities Films ; Laurence Olivier presents ; by William Shakespeare ; directed by Laurence Olivier.
Edition:	RSDL dual-layer edition.
Publisher, Date:	[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2000] ©2000 ©1948
Description:	1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 folded sheet (6 pages) ; 19 cm) digital optical video file DVD video Region 1
Summary:	The classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.
Series:	The Criterion collection ; 82 Criterion collection ; 82.
Subjects:	Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Drama. Princes -- Denmark -- Drama. Children of murder victims -- Denmark -- Drama. Mothers and sons -- Drama. Revenge -- Drama. Melancholy -- Drama. Ghost plays.
Genre:	Tragedies (Drama) Feature films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989, film director, screenwriter, actor. Sydney, Basil, 1894-1968, actor. Herlie, Eileen, actor. Wooland, Norman, actor. Aylmer, Felix, 1889-1979, actor. Morgan, Terence, 1921-2005, actor. Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010, actor. Bushell, Anthony, 1904-1997, actor. Cushing, Peter, 1913-1994, actor. Holloway, Stanley, actor. Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987, actor. Lawrence, Doreen, 1919-2013, actor. Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015, actor. Laurie, John, 1897-1980, actor. Llewelyn, Desmond, actor. Lucas, Victor, 1919-2000, actor. MacGinnis, Niall, 1913-1977, actor. Macnee, Patrick, 1922-2015, actor. Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989, actor. Thorndike, Russell, 1885-1972, actor. Troughton, Patrick, actor. Williams, Harcourt, 1880-1957, actor. Dickinson, Desmond, 1902-1986, cinematographer. Cranston, Helga, 1921-2013, film editor. Walton, William, 1902-1983, composer. Furse, Roger, set designer. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet. J. Arthur Rankin Film (Firm), production company. Janus Films, production company. Rank Organisation, funder. Two Cities Films, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
Other Title:	Title on disc and container: Laurence Olivier's Hamlet
Notes:	Originally produced in 1948 as a motion picture. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Photographer, Desmond Dickinson ; editor, Helga Cranston ; designer, Roger Furse ; art director, Carmen Dillon ; music, William Walton ; music by William Walton ; conducted by Muir Mathieson ; played by The Philharmonia Orchestra. Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Terence Morgan, Jean Simmons, Peter Cushing, Anthony Quayle, John Laurie, Esmond Knight, Niall MacGinnis, Harcourt Williams, Patrick Troughton, Tony Tarver, Stanley Holloway, Russell Thorndike, Anthony Bushell (uncredited), Patricia Davidson (uncredited), Doreen Lawrence (uncredited), Christopher Lee (uncredited), Desmond Llewelyn (uncredited), Victor Lucas (uncredited), Patrick Macnee (uncredited). DVD, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby digital mono. English dialogue ; optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired. Academy Award: 1949, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Laurence Olivier); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Carmen Dillon, Roger K. Furse); Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Roger K. Furse); Best Picture (Laurence Olivier)
ISBN:	0780021312 9780780021310 0780021312
Publisher Number:	HAM020
Other Number:	45055231
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	719058
# Local items in:	2
# System items in:	2
Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Hamlet

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