Hamlet Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Richard Attenborough, Kenneth Branagh, Brian Blessed, Julie Christie
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- DVD Release Date: 08/14/2007
- Original Release: 1996
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- Sales Rank: 1,709
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Features
Introduction by Director/Star Kenneth Branagh; Commentary by Kenneth Branagh and Shakespeare Scholar Russell Jackson; New Digital Transfer From Original 70mm Elements; Soundtrack Remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Featurette To Be on Camera: a History With Hamlet; 1996 Cannes Film Festival Promo; Shakespeare Movies Trailer Gallery.
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Disc #1 -- Hamlet
1. Strange Eruption [4:17]
2. Implements of War [5:31]
3. Greeting Norway, Godspeed Laertes [4:27]
4. More Than Kin, Less Than Kind [4:52]
5. Solid Flesh Wicked Speed [4:37]
6. Foul Deeds Will Rise [3:23]
7. Advice Between Siblings [2:41]
8. To Thine Own Self [2:16]
9. Tender Yourself More Dearly [2:45]
10. Beckoning Figure [3:15]
11. Thy Father's Spirit [2:45]
12. By a Brother's Hand [4:06]
13. Son's Oath [2:06]
14. Time Out of Joint [4:03]
15. Arrangement With Reynaldo [3:39]
16. Mad For Ophelia's Love? [3:19]
17. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern [2:54]
18. Well-Ended Norway Business [1:39]
19. Method in His Madness [7:25]
20. What a Piece of Work [3:17]
21. Anticipating the Players [2:28]
22. Welcome, Masters [1:29]
23. First Player's Speech [4:23]
24. The Play's the Thing [4:42]
25. Ruse Involving Ophelia [3:48]
26. To Be or Not to Be [2:54]
27. Get Thee to a Nunnery [3:05]
28. Madness in Great Ones [6:36]
29. Advice to the Players [1:20]
30. Advice to Horatio [3:11]
31. Dumb Show [3:27]
32. Undying Love [1:41]
33. Knavish Piece of Work [4:46]
34. Not the Be Played Upon [3:11]
35. Very Witching Time of Night [3:19]
36. Pangs of Conscience [2:10]
37. Intruder's Death [4:50]
38. Words Like Daggers [1:49]
39. Visitation [3:24]
40. Cruel to Be Kind [2:31]
41. Aftermath of a Heavy Deed [5:40]
42. Bloody From This Time; Intermission [7:50]
Disc #2 -- Hamlet
43. Pretty Ophelia [2:22]
44. Poison of Deep Grief [6:24]
45. Bouquet of Air [5:56]
46. Letters From Abroad [5:05]
47. Plot Against Hamlet [5:38]
48. Fall into the Weeping Brook [3:49]
49. Churchyard Conversation [5:57]
50. Alas, Poor Yorick [2:40]
51. Rivals Over an Open Grave [2:44]
52. Change in Plans [5:18]
53. Osric Delivers a Challenge [4:25]
54. The Readiness is All [5:09]
55. Rules of the Game [2:31]
56. Palpable Hits, Poinsoned Wine [3:23]
57. Death to Three Schemers [2:31]
58. The Rest is Silence [6:03]
59. Fortinbras and the Ambassador [3:13]
60. A Dynasty Shattered [3:52]
61. End Credits [1:42]
Editorial Reviews
At least the 22nd time William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy has been brought to the screen, Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet was the first to preserve Shakespeare's entire text, uncut and unabridged. Moving the action into the 19th century, Branagh cast himself in the title role and, as in his adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, assembled an eclectic group of actors that mixed veteran Shakespearean performers (including John Mills, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, and Derek Jacobi) with Hollywood stars not known for interpreting the Bard's work (among them Robin Williams, Charlton Heston, Billy Crystal, and Jack Lemmon). However, unlike most interpretations, it's the women who really carry the show, with the two best performances delivered by Kate Winslet as Ophelia and Julie Christie as Gertrude. As usual, Hamlet finds himself torn over what to do after the death of his father and his mother's hasty remarriage. Branagh's version of Hamlet was also notable on a technical level, as it was filmed in the 70-mm format for increased visual clarity and detail. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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