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Uniform Title Hamlet (Motion picture : 1996)
Title Hamlet / Castle Rock Entertainment presents; produced by David Barron ; adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.
1996.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD HAMLET DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  DVD HAMLET DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD HAM    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD HAMLET DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD HAMLET DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  AD DVD HAMLET DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  DVD 822.33 SHAKESPEARE DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD HAMLET DISC 1-2 c.2  Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  DVD Foreign HAMLET    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Balcony  AV DVD 828 S527HAM DISC 1-2    Check Shelf

Edition Two-disc special edition.
Description 2 videodiscs (242 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (letterbox, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.
Cast Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Rufus Sewell, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet.
Credits Director of photography, Alex Thomson ; editor, Neil Farrell ; music, Patrick Doyle ; "In pace" performed by Placido Domingo ; production designer, Tim Harvey.
Note Based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996.
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violent images and sexuality.
Summary In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's work, the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Note Special features: Introduction by director/star Kenneth Branagh; commentary by Kenneth Branagh and Shakespeare scholar Russell Jackson; new digital transfer from original 70mm elements; featurette "To be on camera: a history with Hamlet"; 1996 Cannes Film Festival promo; Shakespeare movies trailer gallery.
Language English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.
Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Drama.
Murder victims' families -- Drama.
Fathers -- Death -- Drama.
Princes -- Drama.
Revenge -- Drama.
Denmark -- Drama.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Added Author Branagh, Kenneth. Actor. Screenwriter. Director.
Barron, David. Producer.
Christie, Julie, 1941- Actor.
Crystal, Billy. Actor.
Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- Actor.
Heston, Charlton. Actor.
Jacobi, Derek. Actor.
Lemmon, Jack. Actor.
Sewell, Rufus, 1967- Actor.
Williams, Robin, 1951-2014. Actor.
Winslet, Kate. Actor.
Thomson, Alex, 1929-2007. Cinematographer.
Doyle, Patrick, 1953- Composer.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.
Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Note Also known as: William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Added Title To be on camera : a history with Hamlet.
ISBN 1419849727
9781419849725
Standard No. 053939268324
Music No. C2683 Warner Home Video
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