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Hamlet

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2hrs 33min

Genre:

Drama

Release:

1948

Director:

Laurence Olivier

Distributor:

Criterion

Starring:

Laurence Olivier, Peter Cushing, Eileen Herlie ...more

Synopsis: Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's decision to excise large portions of the text, his cinematic version of Hamlet is widely considered the best out of several dozens (and counting). Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Danish prince who's still melancholy over the sudden death of his father and the quick, subsequent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) to his uncle, Claudius (Basil Sydney). Informed ... Full Synopsis

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	Richard Gilliam, AMG Review Hamlet might have well have been called Laurence Olivier's Hamlet: he produced it, directed it, starred in it, and condensed it down to a trim 153 minutes. Olivier's hatchet is sharp -- by comparison, the Kenneth Branagh version of the full play runs 242 minutes -- but so is his sense of good storytelling. He is perhaps more brooding and less action that many Hamlets. Nonetheless, he was for the generation ... Full Review

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	Laurence Olivier Hamlet Peter Cushing Osric Eileen Herlie Gertrude, Queen Gertrude Basil Sydney Claudius, King Claudius

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	Othello (1952) Richard II (1979) Hamlet (1996)

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