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Hamlet
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Fabric Type: 9780790761619
Graphics Memory Size: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Legal Disclaimer: 0790761610
Manufacturer Labor Warranty Description: 25
Maximum Color Depth: Warner Home Video
Maximum Focal Length: EnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Metal Type: Warner Home Video
Pearl Type: WARD19033D
Processor Count: 1
Total Firewire Ports: Warner Home Video
Total Metal Weight: 1
Total Parallel Ports: February 24, 2004
Total S Video Out Ports: 130 minutes
Warner Home Video
January 18, 1991
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HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK, FINDS OUT THAT HIS UNCLE CLAUDIUS KILLED HIS FATHER TO OBTAIN THE THRONE, AND PLANS REVENGE.
Amazon.com essential video:
Franco Zeffirelli's stripped-down, two-hour version of Shakespeare's play stars Mel Gibson as a rather robust version of the ambivalent Danish prince. Gibson is much better in the part than many critics have admitted, his powers of clarity doing much to make this particular Hamlet more accessible than several other filmed versions. The supporting cast is outstanding, including Glenn Close as Gertrude, Alan Bates as Claudius, Ian Holm as Polonius, and Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia. Zeffirelli's vigorous direction employs a lively camera style that nicely alters the viewer's preconceptions about the way Hamlet should look. --Tom Keogh
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This dvd includes two mini documentary's, both featuring Mel Gibson. In the first, he talks about the challenges of playing Hamlet, and of acting in a Shakespearean tragedy over all. The second, longer documentary goes into debt about the making of Hamlet. The first documentary especially is very useful for college/ highschool level Shakespeare studies. I'd recommend it to other teachers as a valuable and inexpensive resource if your local library is found wonton of materials for teaching classic ... Read More
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As renditions of Shakespheare go, this is one of the best. The sets and acting are superb and the pacing works well. This version features a strong supporting cast and they get enough attention to really shine. Further, the appearance of the ghost is a bit chilling, both for the dramatic impact and the delivery of his timeless lines.
My criticism is that you have to be somewhat familiar with the play to understand some of the minor elements. I recently rewatched this with friends who ... Read More
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The DVD was in tiptop shape.
I have already shown it to my class.
Thank you.
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The Branaugh version is visually beautiful, but--as much as I didn't want to admit it, as I loved that film and have been unhappy with Gibson's recent work and off-label commentaries--this version is by far the best. While the Branaugh version is tightest to the text, in this adaption, Mel Gibson exquisitely captures the complexity of emotions that work away at his reason, and ultimately lead to the tragedy. To intuitively sense what Shakespeare was trying to get across regarding the potential effects ... Read More
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Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet's uncle Claudius, the new King. They urge Hamlet to marry his beloved Ophelia. But soon the ghost of Hamlet's father appears and tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius and Gertrude. Hamlet must choose between passive acquiescence and the need for a vengeance which might lead to tragedy. Zeferelli is a master filmmaker, and I highly suggest this movie to anyone who has ever marveled at the human ... Read More
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