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Dominican Rep. Hamlet
- Original title
- Hamlet
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 112 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Michael Almereyda. Theater: William Shakespeare
- Cast
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Ethan Hawke
Kyle MacLachlan
Sam Shepard
Diane Venora
Bill Murray
Liev Schreiber
Julia Stiles
Karl Geary
Paula Malcomson
Steve Zahn
Jeffrey Wright
Casey Affleck
Tim Blake Nelson- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Independent Film (US)
- Movie Groups
- Shakespeare: Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Almereyda's adaptation of Hamlet, contemporarily set and scored, structurally abridged to fit the post-modern expectation. Set in New York City in 2000, the drama begins with an announcement of the death of the king and CEO of Denmark Corporation. Ensconced in his fancy apartment high above the city, Hamlet (Ethan Hawke) broods over the news. At a press conference, his sexy mother Gertrude (Diane Venora) reveals her upcoming marriage to Claudius (Kyle MacLachlan), a slick corporate wheeler-dealer on the fast track.
Hamlet's friend Horatio (Karl Geary) reports that a ghost has been picked up by the building's surveillance cameras. Soon Hamlet's father (Sam Shepard) is in his apartment with a tale of betrayal and great evil to tell. Convinced that he must act swiftly to avenge his father's murder, Hamlet must first deal with Ophelia (Julia Stiles) whose father Polonius (Bill Murray) has enlisted her in service of Claudius. The moody protagonist must also play a game of cat and mouse with Rosencrantz (Steve Zahn) and Guildenstern (Dechen Thurman), who bear him ill will. The final confrontation between Hamlet and Ophelia's brother Laertes (Liev Schreiber) takes place on a penthouse roof.-
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- Awards
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2000: National Board of Review (NBR): Won Special Recognition Award (for excellence in filmaking)2000: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Cinematography
- Critics' reviews
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"Almereyda excises big chunks of plot to shape his vision, but retains Shakespeare's language and pays such rigorous attention to meaning and subtext that what's missing isn't missed"
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"Almereyda imagines Hamlet taking place in present-day Manhattan with such vigor, insight and originality that the power and immediacy of his film makes Shakespeare accessible in an exciting and provocative manner"
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"May well be the dullest and most pointless version ever filmed, thanks to a stunningly bad lead performance by Ethan Hawke."
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"Almereyda's respect for his audience and his queasiness about the present register with equal weight, reinventing the poetry in the most relevant ways possible"
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"New York City has never looked so slick and shallow as it does in Hamlet, an innovative, contemporary adaptation."
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