Hamlet with Ethan Hawke: DVD Cover

    Hamlet Director: Michael Almereyda Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard, Diane Venora

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    • DVD Release Date: 04/17/2001
    • Original Release: 2000
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 14,214

    Viewer Rating: (8 ratings)

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    5.1 Surround; Widescreen [1.85:1] enhanced for 16x9 televisions

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Chapter Selection
    1. Opening/New York 2000 [7:43]
    2. A Ghostly Sight [6:42]
    3. Beware Your Heart [5:09]
    4. The Father's Spirit [7:49]
    5. Avoid Hamlet! [2:14]
    6. Oh, Ophelia [3:32]
    7. To Be Or Not To Be [2:34]
    8. "Your Son Is Mad" [4:16]
    9. Cowards Of Us All [2:30]
    10. Denmark The Prison [2:58]
    11. Guilty Creatures [1:38]
    12. Scheming Players [5:19]
    13. The Mousetrap [6:43]
    14. Foul Murderer [10:18]
    15. A Thing Of Nothing [4:43]
    16. Off To London [3:07]
    17. A Family Scorned [4:43]
    18. Laertes' Revenge [5:53]
    19. Hamlet's Return [3:52]
    20. King Calls A Trial [5:02]
    21. Duel To The Death [8:11]
    22. End Credits [6:04]

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    Editorial Reviews

    William Shakespeare's melancholy Dane is a scruffy downtown video artist with a goatee in Michael Almereyda's stylish adaptation of the famous tragedy. In the original, of course, the Prince of Denmark is visited by the ghost of his murdered father, the king, and urged to avenge his father's death. Here Hamlet's dad is not the King of Denmark but the CEO of something called the Denmark Corporation, and the drama plays out amid the skyscrapers and neon lights of present-day New York City. The atmosphere is contemporary and metropolitan -- all big black limousines and nightclubs, cell phones and video cameras. But this Hamlet is more than just style: Ethan Hawke is nicely brooding as the indecisive protagonist, and he's surrounded by an effective cast that includes Kyle MacLachlan as Hamlet's uncle, Claudius; Diane Venora as his mother, Gertrude; Bill Murray as Polonius; Liev Schreiber as Laertes; Julia Stiles as Ophelia; and Sam Shepard as Hamlet's father. Underlying it all is a brilliant score by Carter Burwell interlaced with music that ranges from Brahms and Mahler to Morcheeba and Primal Scream. The result is an engrossing update of a classic, with a hip sensibility and urban sophistication that places it firmly in the 21st century. Gregory Baird, Barnes & Noble

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    Love Ethan Hawkeby Vedica

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    March 17, 2009: I am a Shakespeare fan and this was a great modern adaptation of Hamlet.

    it's what i call a mixtureby Anonymous

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    April 20, 2008: my acp english class did a segment on shakespeare's hamlet, which entaled reading the play, reviews, comparisions, and viewing several adaptations with film. while i found this to be one of the more enjoyable versions of hamlet, however because i knew the full play and extent of the story i was left semi-unsatisfied. the movie was clever and unique in its portrayal of the reaccuring themes throughout the origional production, yet left me feeling incomplete. the choppy scene transitions and shallow emotional build led me to want more of what i was never to recieve. i give the film cuddos for providing the story in a rythmic, upbeat, intriguing version and would deffinately recommend viewing, even owning the movie, but would not dubb it the best film version of hamlet yet to be made.


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