fiction.wikisort.org - MovieHamlet, also known as Hamlet 2000, is a 2000 American tragedy film written and directed by Michael Almereyda, set in contemporary New York City, and based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. Ethan Hawke plays Hamlet as a film student, Kyle MacLachlan co-stars as Uncle Claudius, with Diane Venora as Gertrude, Liev Schreiber as Laertes, Julia Stiles as Ophelia, Steve Zahn as Rosencrantz, Bill Murray as Polonius, and Sam Shepard as Hamlet's father.
2000 American film
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Directed by | Michael Almereyda |
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Screenplay by | Michael Almereyda |
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Based on | Hamlet by William Shakespeare |
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Produced by | Andrew Fierberg Amy Hobby |
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Cinematography | John de Borman |
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Edited by | Kristina Boden |
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Music by | Carter Burwell |
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Production company | double A Films |
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Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Release dates |
- January 24, 2000 (2000-01-24) (Sundance)
- May 12, 2000 (2000-05-12) (United States)
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Running time | 112 minutes |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
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Box office | $2 million[1] |
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In this version of Hamlet, Claudius is "king" of the Denmark Corporation, having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet's father.
This adaptation keeps the Shakespearean dialogue but presents a modern setting, with technology such as video cameras, Polaroid cameras, and surveillance bugs. For example, the ghost of Hamlet's murdered father first appears on closed-circuit TV.
Adaptations
- Elsinore Castle, the seat of power of Denmark's crown in the play, is re-imagined as Hotel Elsinore, the headquarters of Denmark Corporation.
- Prior to delivering the "To be, or not to be" monologue, Hamlet is seen watching a video of famed Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh explaining the principle "To be is to be with others; to be is to inter-be" a basic teaching of Hanh's "Order of Interbeing".
- The "Mousetrap" play takes the form of a video art montage, edited by Hamlet himself.
- The character of Marcellus, one of the soldiers, is re-imagined as Marcella, Horatio's girlfriend.
- The Captain in Fortinbras' army is replaced by a flight attendant on Hamlet's flight to England.
- Instead of carrying around actual flowers, Ophelia carries polaroid photographs of various flowers. In the film, Ophelia is an amateur photographer.
- Fortinbras' conquests are not military, but corporate takeovers with the aid of his "armies" of lawyers.
- As opposed to drowning in a brook, Ophelia is found to have drowned in a fountain in front of the Hotel Elsinore, surrounded by mementos of her relationship with Hamlet.
- The Ghost of King Hamlet appears in Horatio's apartment, sitting in his bedroom as Marcella sleeps, before Hamlet and Horatio enter it.
- The first intervention of Osric is re-imagined as a fax machine in Hamlet and Horatio's apartment, delivering Laertes' message right before the duel. However, Osric does appear during the duel between Hamlet and Laertes.
- Laertes does not kill Hamlet with a poisoned rapier. Instead he shoots Hamlet with a pistol, then is shot himself. Hamlet then uses the same pistol to shoot and kill Claudius.
Cast
Reception
Reviews of this film have been mixed. Metacritic, a review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 70/100, based on 32 reviews from mainstream critics.[2] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 59% approval rating based on 93 reviews, with an average score of 5.8/10 with a
consensus: "Stiff performances fail to produce any tension onscreen."
Film critic Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times lauded it as a "vital and sharply intelligent film,"[3] while The Washington Post reviewer deemed it as a "darkly interesting distraction but not much more."[4] The reaction to Hawke's performance as the title role is also mixed. The Los Angeles Times described him as a "superb Prince of Denmark - youthful, sensitive, passionate but with a mature grasp of the workings of human nature."[5] New York magazine, however, thought Hawke's performance was only "middling."[6]
See also
References
- "Hamlet (2000) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- "Hamlet Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- Mitchell, Elvis (May 12, 2000). "'Hamlet': A Simpler Melancholy in a Different Denmark". The New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- Howe, Desson (May 19, 2000). "'Hamlet': A Melancholy Dude". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- Thomas, Kevin. "Hamlet - Movie Review". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 26, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- Rainer, Peter (May 22, 2000). "Get Thee to Moomba". New York. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
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Characters | |
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Soliloquies |
- "To be, or not to be"
- "What a piece of work is a man"
- "Speak the speech"
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Words and phrases |
- "The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
- "Thy name is"
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Terminology |
- Dumbshow
- Induction
- Quiddity
- Substitution
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- Legend of Hamlet
- The Spanish Tragedy
- Ur-Hamlet
- Critical approaches
- Bibliographies
- Saxo Grammaticus
- House of Gonzaga
- Damon and Pythias
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Influence |
- Common phrases from Hamlet
- Cultural references to Hamlet
- Cultural references to Ophelia
- Language of flowers
- Human skull symbolism
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Performances | |
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On screen | |
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Adaptations | Films | |
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Novels |
- Hamlet Had an Uncle (1940)
- Too, Too Solid Flesh (1989)
- Gertrude and Claudius (2000)
- Dating Hamlet (2002)
- The Dead Fathers Club (2006)
- Something Rotten (2007)
- Hamlet's Father (2008)
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008)
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Plays |
- Hamletmachine (1977)
- Dogg's Hamlet (1979)
- Fortinbras (1991)
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Musicals | |
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Television |
- Hamlet (Australian TV, 1959)
- Hamlet at Elsinore (BBC, 1964)
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (BBC, 1980)
- Hamlet (BBC 2, animated, 1992)
- Hamlet (BBC 2, 2009)
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Parodies |
- 15-Minute Hamlet
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- I, Hamlet
- The Klingon Hamlet
- "Lyle the Kindly Viking"
- To Be or Not to Be: That is the Adventure
- "Tales from the Public Domain"
- The Skinhead Hamlet
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Songs | |
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Opera/classical |
- Hamlet (Thomas)
- Amleto (Faccio)
- Hamlet (Tchaikovsky)
- Tristia (Berlioz)
- Die Hamletmaschine (Rihm)
- Hamlet (Dean)
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In popular culture | Films | |
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Plays |
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966)
- Stage Blood (1974)
- I Hate Hamlet (1991)
- To Be or Not to Be (2008)
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Novels |
- Hamlet, Revenge! (1937)
- Theatre of War (1994)
- "The Undiscovered" (1997)
- The Shakespeare Stealer (1998)
- Interred with Their Bones (2007)
- Hamnet (2020)
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Television |
- "The Producer" (1966)
- "The Conscience of the King" (1966)
- "Born to Be King" (1983)
- "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" (2001)
- Slings & Arrows (2003)
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Video games |
- Last Action Hero (1993)
- Hamlet (2010)
- Elsinore (2019)
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Books |
- Asterix and the Great Crossing
- The Seagull
- Sharpe's Havoc
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Art | |
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Related |
- Hamlet and Oedipus
- Hamlet and His Problems
- Hebenon
- Hamlet Q1
- Ostalo je ćutanje
- The Chronicles of Amber
- "Symphony No. 65" (Haydn)
- The Hobart Shakespeareans
- Gertrude – The Cry
- Poor Murderer
- Something Rotten!
- Sons of Anarchy
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