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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Hamlet (Motion picture : 2000)

Title:

Hamlet / Miramax Films ; Double A Films ; screen adaptation/directed by Michael Almereyda ; produced by Andrew Fierberg and Amy Hobby ; executive producers, Jason Blum, John Sloss ; director of photography, John De Borman.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R for some violence.

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.

Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Princes -- Denmark -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Almereyda, Michael.

Fierberg, Andrew.

Hobby, Amy.

Blum, Jason.

Sloss, John, approximately 1956-

De Borman, John.

Hawke, Ethan, 1970-

MacLachlan, Kyle, 1959-

Venora, Diane.

Schreiber, Liev.

Stiles, Julia, 1981-

Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21-

Geary, Karl, 1972-

Zahn, Steve, 1968-

Thurman, Dechen, 1973-

Malcomson, Paula, 1970-

Wright, Jeffrey. (Jeffrey Charles), 1965-

Neal, Rome.

Bartel, Paul.

Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017.

Affleck, Casey, 1975-

Thurman, Robert A. F.

Nelson, Tim Blake.

Boden, Kristina.

Burwell, Carter.

Ponte, Gideon.

Mosca, Luca.

Cattoretti, Marco.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.

Miramax Films.

Double A Films.

Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)

Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Based on the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.

Special features: Trailers for Committed, Shakespeare in love, Reindeer games, Last is last, Stiff upper lips, Holy smoke!

Editor, Kristina Boden ; music by Carter Burwell ; music supervisor, Beth Amy Rosenblatt ; production designer, Gideon Ponte ; wardrobe designers, Luca Mosca, Marco Cattoretti ; line producer, Callum Greene ; production manager, Anthony Katagas.

Ethan Hawke (Hamlet), Kyle MacLachlan (Claudius), Diane Venora (Gertrude), Liev Schreiber (Laertes), Julia Stiles (Ophelia), Bill Murray (Polonius), Karl Geary (Horatio), Steve Zahn (Rosencrantz), Dechen Thurman (Guildenstern), Paula Malcomson (Marcella), Jeffrey Wright (Gravedigger), Rome Neal (Barnardo), Paul Bartel (Osric), Sam Shepard (Ghost), Casey Affleck, (Fortinbras), Robert Thurman (Priest), Tim Blake Nelson (Flight Captain).

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Dolby digital surround.

Optional English subtitles; Closed captioned.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Opening/New York 2000 -- Chapter 2: A Ghostly Sight -- Chapter 3: Beware Your Heart -- Chapter 4: Thy Father's Spirit -- Chapter 5: Avoid Hamlet! -- Chapter 6: Oh, Ophelia -- Chapter 7: To Be Or Not To Be -- Chapter 8: "Your Son Is Mad" -- Chapter 9: Cowards Of Us All -- Chapter 10: Denmark The Prison -- Chapter 11: Guilty Creatures -- Chapter 12: Scheming Players -- Chapter 13: The Mousetrap -- Chapter 14: Foul Murderer -- Chapter 15: A Thing Of Nothing -- Chapter 16: Off To London -- Chapter 17: A Family Scorned -- Chapter 18: Laertes' Revenge -- Chapter 19: Hamlet's Return -- Chapter 20: King Calls A Trial -- Chapter 21: Duel To The Death -- Chapter 22: End Credits.

Web Site:

View IMDb information about film: Hamlet (2000) Web Link

Internet Movie Database summary and reviews

ISBN:

0788818449

9780788818448

9786314205874

6314205875

Publisher Number:

18314

E1531

Other Number:

46795076

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

719334

# Local items in:

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# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Hamlet