Hamlet (Criterion Collection) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of "the man who could not make up his mind." In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son Hamlet that Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, was responsible for murdering the king. When the murderer married Hamlet's mother--the king's widow--scarcely two months after his funeral, he also took the throne that was his brother's. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him--yet Hamlet procrastinates, unsure of how best to accomplish his task. In what was only his second directorial effort, Olivier uses his misty, moody set and long tracking camera shots to complement his indecisive prince tortured by the murder of his father. Olivier's version of the Shakespeare tragedy eliminates the characters of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Fortinbras.

Rating: A - Steve, Daly (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 08/26/1994

"...Subsequent screen HAMLET outings haven't significantly improved on this version..." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 09/22/2000

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Product Title:	Hamlet (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Hamlet (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Hamlet (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Hamlet (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Hamlet (Criterion Collection) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Miyazaki Hayao (Actor) | John Richardson (Actor) | Anthony Quayle (Actor) | Alan Jay Lerner (Actor) | Felix Aylmer (Actor) | William Wyler (Actor) | Terence Morgan (Actor) | May Hallatt (Actor) | Allan Harris (Actor) | William Walton | Julie Harris (Actor) | Peter Cushing (Actor) | Holloway Sterling (Actor) | Leslie Banks (Actor) | Niall MacGinnis (Actor) | Basil Sydney (Actor) | Otto Wendorff (Actor) 宮崎駿 (Actor) | John Richardson (Actor) | Anthony Quayle (Actor) | Alan Jay Lerner (Actor) | Felix Aylmer (Actor) | William Wyler (Actor) | Terence Morgan (Actor) | May Hallatt (Actor) | Allan Harris (Actor) | William Walton | Julie Harris (Actor) | 彼得古城 (Actor) | Sterling Holloway (Actor) | Leslie Banks (Actor) | Niall MacGinnis (Actor) | Basil Sydney (Actor) | Otto Wendorff (Actor) 宫崎骏 (Actor) | John Richardson (Actor) | Anthony Quayle (Actor) | Alan Jay Lerner (Actor) | Felix Aylmer (Actor) | William Wyler (Actor) | Terence Morgan (Actor) | May Hallatt (Actor) | Allan Harris (Actor) | William Walton | Julie Harris (Actor) | 彼得古城 (Actor) | Holloway Sterling (Actor) | Leslie Banks (Actor) | Niall MacGinnis (Actor) | Basil Sydney (Actor) | Otto Wendorff (Actor) 宮崎駿 (Actor) | Ｊｏｈｎ Ｒｉｃｈａｒｄｓｏｎ (Actor) | Ａｎｔｈｏｎｙ Ｑｕａｙｌｅ (Actor) | Ａｌａｎ　Ｊａｙ Ｌｅｒｎｅｒ (Actor) | Felix Aylmer (Actor) | William Wyler (Actor) | Terence Morgan (Actor) | May Hallatt (Actor) | Allan Harris (Actor) | Ｗｉｌｌｉａｍ Ｗａｌｔｏｎ | Ｊｕｌｉｅ Ｈａｒｒｉｓ (Actor) | Ｐｅｔｅｒ Ｃｕｓｈｉｎｇ (Actor) | スターリング・ホロウェイ (Actor) | Leslie Banks (Actor) | Niall MacGinnis (Actor) | Basil Sydney (Actor) | Otto Wendorff (Actor) Miyazaki Hayao (Actor) | John Richardson (Actor) | Anthony Quayle (Actor) | Alan Jay Lerner (Actor) | Felix Aylmer (Actor) | William Wyler (Actor) | Terence Morgan (Actor) | May Hallatt (Actor) | Allan Harris (Actor) | William Walton | Julie Harris (Actor) | Peter Cushing (Actor) | Sterling Holloway (Actor) | Leslie Banks (Actor) | Niall MacGinnis (Actor) | Basil Sydney (Actor) | Otto Wendorff (Actor)
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Release Date:	2000-09-19
UPC Code:	037429128428
Language:	English
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Black & White
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Criterion Collection
Package Weight:	167 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004377170

Director: Laurence Olivier

DVD Features:

Region 0
Single Side - Single Layer
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English
Interactive Features:
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