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Hamlet (1996)

PG 242 min  -  Crime | Drama | Romance  -   25 December 1996 (USA)
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Writers:

William Shakespeare (play), Kenneth Branagh (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Riz Abbasi Riz Abbasi ...
Attendant to Claudius
Richard Attenborough ...
David Blair David Blair ...
Attendant to Claudius
Brian Blessed ...
Kenneth Branagh ...
Richard Briers ...
Michael Bryant Michael Bryant ...
Peter Bygott Peter Bygott ...
Attendant to Claudius
Julie Christie ...
Billy Crystal ...
Charles Daish Charles Daish ...
Stage Manager
Judi Dench ...
Gérard Depardieu ...
Reece Dinsdale Reece Dinsdale ...
Ken Dodd Ken Dodd ...
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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 <brossj5683@aol.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Madness | Denmark | Love | King | Funeral  | See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violent images and sexuality See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

William Shakespeare's Hamlet See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$148,321 (USA) (29 December 1996) (3 Screens)

Gross:

$4,414,535 (USA) (13 April 1997)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (cut version)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby Digital (35 mm prints) | SDDS (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Richard Attenborough later appeared in Elizabeth as William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley, who is believed by some scholars to have inspired the character Polonius. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: As Claudius and Gertrude welcome Hamlet back to Denmark in the throne room, the ladies to the side change places. See more »

Quotes

Horatio: This bodes some strange eruption to our state.
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Soundtracks

"In Pace"
Performed by Plácido Domingo
Text researched and adapted by Russell Jackson See more »