Hamlet

Affleck, Casey, 1975- (Added Author). Almereyda, Michael. (Added Author). Bartel, Paul. (Added Author). Blum, Jason. (Added Author). Boden, Kristina. (Added Author). Burwell, Carter. (Added Author). Cattoretti, Marco. (Added Author). De Borman, John. (Added Author). Fierberg, Andrew. (Added Author). Geary, Karl, 1972- (Added Author). Hawke, Ethan, 1970- (Added Author). Hobby, Amy. (Added Author). MacLachlan, Kyle, 1960- (Added Author). Malcomson, Paula, 1970- (Added Author). Mosca, Luca. (Added Author). Murray, Bill, 1950- (Added Author). Neal, Rome. (Added Author). Nelson, Tim Blake. (Added Author). Ponte, Gideon. (Added Author). Schreiber, Liev. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hamlet. (Added Author). Shepard, Sam, 1943- (Added Author). Sloss, John, (Added Author). Stiles, Julia, 1981- (Added Author). Thurman, Dechen, 1973- (Added Author). Thurman, Robert A. F. (Added Author). Venora, Diane. (Added Author). Wright, Jeffrey. (Added Author). Zahn, Steve, 1968- (Added Author). Alliance Films, (provider.). Double A Films. (Added Author). Miramax Films. (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Ethan Hawke (Hamlet), Kyle MacLachlan (Claudius), Diane Venora (Gertrude), Liev Schreiber (Laertes), Julia Stiles (Ophelia), Bill Murray (Polonius), Karl Geary (Horatio), Steve Zahn (Rosencrantz), Dechen Thurman (Guildenstern), Paula Malcomson (Marcella), Jeffrey Wright (Gravedigger), Rome Neal (Barnardo), Paul Bartel (Osric), Sam Shepard (Ghost), Casey Affleck, (Fortinbras), Robert Thurman (Priest), Tim Blake Nelson (Flight Captain). (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 streaming video file (112 min.) : digital, sound, color
Publisher: Montreal : Alliance Films, [2013]
Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. Originally distributed as a motion picture by Alliance Films, 2000.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, Kristina Boden ; music by Carter Burwell ; music supervisor, Beth Amy Rosenblatt ; production designer, Gideon Ponte ; wardrobe designers, Luca Mosca, Marco Cattoretti ; line producer, Callum Greene ; production manager, Anthony Katagas.
Participant or Performer Note:	Ethan Hawke (Hamlet), Kyle MacLachlan (Claudius), Diane Venora (Gertrude), Liev Schreiber (Laertes), Julia Stiles (Ophelia), Bill Murray (Polonius), Karl Geary (Horatio), Steve Zahn (Rosencrantz), Dechen Thurman (Guildenstern), Paula Malcomson (Marcella), Jeffrey Wright (Gravedigger), Rome Neal (Barnardo), Paul Bartel (Osric), Sam Shepard (Ghost), Casey Affleck, (Fortinbras), Robert Thurman (Priest), Tim Blake Nelson (Flight Captain).
Target Audience Note:	CHV rating: AA. MPAA rating: R for some violence.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	French language version also available.
System Details Note:	Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed March 25, 2015).