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Hamlet
Uniform Title
Hamlet (Motion picture : 1996)
Title
Hamlet [videorecording] / Castle Rock Entertainment ; adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh ; produced by David Barron.
ISBN
0780629450
Edition
Special widescreen ed.
Published
[Atlanta, GA] : Warner Home Video, 2000.
Physical Description
2 videocassettes (266 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
"Special feature after the movie: Behind the scenes documentary "To be on camera: a history with Hamlet" (24 mins.)
Photography, Alex Thomson ; editor, Neil Farrell ; music, Patrick Doyle.
Closed captioned.
Summary
First-ever full-text film of Shakespeare's greatest work. Branagh sets this tragic story of the Danish prince tortured by his duty to his murdered father and by the guilt and fear he feels at the prospect of revenge in an opulent 19th-century world.
Variant and related titles
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Photography, Alex Thomson ; editor, Neil Farrell ; music, Patrick Doyle.
Performers
Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Rufus Sewell, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet.
System details note
VHS.
Audience
Rated PG-13.
Videorecording number
C2584 Warner Home Video
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