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Hamlet (Criterion Collection)
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Hamlet (Criterion Collection)
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Features: DVD
Editor's Note
Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of "the man who could not make up his mind." In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son Hamlet that Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, was responsible for murdering the king. When the murderer married Hamlet's mother--the king's widow--scarcely two months after his funeral, he also took the throne that was his brother's. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him--yet Hamlet procrastinates, unsure of how best to accomplish his task. In what was only his second directorial effort, Olivier uses his misty, moody set and long tracking camera shots to complement his indecisive prince tortured by the murder of his father. Olivier's version of the Shakespeare tragedy eliminates the characters of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Fortinbras.
Plot Summary
Critically acclaimed and beloved by the academy, Laurence Olivier's Shakespearean masterpiece delves deep into the story of a desperate prince seeking revenge for the secret murder of his father by his uncle. Though the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern scenes were cut, the authentic setting (shot in Elsinore, Denmark) helped it earn seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Director, and four awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Olivier), Best Art Direction, and Best Costumes.
| Features | Region 0 | | Single Side - Single Layer | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English | | Interactive Features:
| Scene Access | | Interactive Menus |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Home Vision/Public Media |
| Release Date: 9/19/2000 |
| Running Time: 155 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1948 | | Catalog ID: 020 | | UPC: 00037429128428 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Jean Simmons | | Harcourt Williams | | Stanley Holloway | | Laurence Olivier | | Norman Wooland | | Esmond Knight | | Basil Sydney | | Felix Aylmer | | Anthony Quayle | | Peter Cushing | | Niall MacGinnis | | Patrick Troughton | | John Laurie | | Terence Morgan | | Sterling Holloway | | Helga Cranston - Editor | | Roger K. Furse - Production Designer | | Alan Dent - Screenwriter | | William Walton - Composer | | Paul Sheriff - Special Effects | | Desmond Dickinson - Cinematographer | | Tony Sforzini - Makeup | | Carmen Dillon - Art Director | | Eileen Herlie - Featured | | Laurence Olivier - Producer | | William Shakespeare - Story | | Laurence Olivier - Director |
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1948) | | Winner, Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (b&w) | | Winner, Best Costume Design (b&w) | | Winner, Best Picture | | Laurence Olivier, Winner, Best Actor | | Carmen Dillon, Winner, Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (b&w) |
| Memorable Quotes| "To be or not to be...that is the question."----Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) to himself | | "And this, above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, then that thou canst be false to any man."----Polonius (Felix Aylmer) to Laertes (Terence Morgan) | | "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."----Hamlet to Horatio (Norman Wooland) | | "Alas, poor Yorick!"----Hamlet to Horati | | "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."----Marcellus (Anthony Quayle) to Horatio |
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