Hamlet [2000 film]

by Michael Almereyda (Director)

Other authors: Carter Burwell (Composer), Ethan Hawke (Actor), Kyle MacLachlan (Actor), Bill Murray (Actor), Liev Schreiber (Actor) — 5 more, William Shakespeare (Original play), Sam Shepard (Actor), Julia Stiles (Actor), Diane Venora (Actor), Steve Zahn (Actor)

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A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.… (more)

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The least talky Hamlet. It doesn't really make sense...how come the posturing little film student is a practiced fencer? But it is exciting, visceral, and moving. Poor Ophelia, everybody's pawn. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Almereyda, Michael	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Burwell, Carter	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hawke, Ethan	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
MacLachlan, Kyle	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Murray, Bill	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schreiber, Liev	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shakespeare, William	Original play	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shepard, Sam	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stiles, Julia	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Venora, Diane	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Zahn, Steve	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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Hamlet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Carter Burwell

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A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.

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