Hamlet [Special Edition] [2 Discs]

Director: Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh

Overview

Superbly acted, visually dazzling, and fascinatingly complex, this adaptation of Shakespeare's classic drama preserves the Bard's full text while changing the setting to the 19th century. In Branagh's film, the Danish Prince's delay in avenging his father's murder is shown to lead to national, as well as personal, tragedy.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/14/2007
UPC:	0053939268324
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Castle Rock
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	4:02:00
Sales rank:	19,152

Special Features

Introduction by Director/Star Kenneth Branagh; Commentary by Kenneth Branagh and Shakespeare Scholar Russell Jackson; New Digital Transfer From Original 70mm Elements; Soundtrack Remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Featurette To Be on Camera: a History With Hamlet; 1996 Cannes Film Festival Promo; Shakespeare Movies Trailer Gallery.

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kenneth Branagh	Hamlet
Julie Christie	Gertrude
Derek Jacobi	Claudius
Kate Winslet	Ophelia
Charlton Heston	Player King
Michael Maloney	Laertes
Jack Lemmon	Marcellus
John Gielgud	Priam
Billy Crystal	First Gravedigger
Robin Williams	Osric
Richard Briers	Polonius
Rufus Sewell	Fortinbras
Gérard Depardieu	Reynaldo
Richard Attenborough	English Ambassador
Nicholas Farrell	Horatio
Brian Blessed	Ghost
Timothy Spall	Rosencrantz
Reece Dinsdale	Guildenstern
Judi Dench	Hecuba
Ken Dodd	Yorick
Ray Fearon	Francisco
Rosemary Harris	Player Queen
Ian McElhinney	Bernardo
John Mills	Old Norway
Simon Russell Beale	Second Gravedigger
Michael Bryant	Priest
Thomas Szekeres	Young Hamlet
Ben Thom	Player 1
Perdita Weeks	Player 2
Riz Abassi	Attendant to Claudius
David Blair	Attendant to Claudius/Servant
Peter Bygott	Attendant to Claudius
Charles Daish	Stage Manager
Angela Douglas	Attendant to Gertrude
Rob Edwards	Lucianus
Jimmy Ellis	Old Fortinbras
Yvonne Gidden	Doctor
Jeffrey Kissoon	Fortinbras' Captain
Sarah Lam	Attendant to Gertrude
Jimi Mistry	Sailor 2
Frank Morgan	Pyrrus
Sian Radinger	Prologue
Melanie Ramsey	Prostitute
Orlando Seale	Boatman
Don Warrington	Valtemand
Ravil Isyanov	Cornelius
Andrew Schofield	Young Lord
David Yip	Sailor One
Jimmy Yuill	Alexander
Rowena King	Attendant to Gertrude/Messenger
Patrick Doyle	Composer

Technical Credits

Kenneth Branagh

David Barron	Producer
Kenneth Branagh	Director,Screenwriter
Simon Crane	Stunts
Simone Ireland	Casting
Vanessa Pereira	Casting
Joss Williams	Special Effects
Peter Glossop	Sound/Sound Designer