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| ACTORS: | Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Kenneth Branagh |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 25 December, 1996 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | 1996, Alas poor Yorick, William Shakespeare |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 053939268324 |
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Customer Reviews of William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Finally, Hamlet on film This is the only true Hamlet on film, all others are fraudulent! Only when the whole story is told can it have the full meaning and this film accomplishes that with grand splendor! Word for word it portrays everything that is told in the play without missing a beat. All others change or cut the story to suit their needs and/or time constraints. This does it justice and gives the viewer the experience that I'm sure would have exceeded Shakespeare's desires.
Prepare thyself
OK...let me get my complaints outta the way, the things that make this film loose a star, first and foremost. After all, it's only my opinion.
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>I hate the way the Ghost is handled. Too literal...too much is shown. I prefer Zeff's take on the ghost to anyone's. Now that was creepy. This isn't. Also, Branagh has the WORST taste in music in all of Europe. It's embarrassing.
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>But this is a Hamlet to be seen. It's like no other. Yes, yes...the actors are fantastic, and it is beautiful to behold, like other Hamlets. Branagh's special device... and self challenge for which I applaud him, is to do the entire play. Every word. The whole shebang. In a world where even ABT is editing down their great works of 19th century entertainment, so it won't last longer than your average film I guess, this film is refreshing.
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>One must prepare for it. It's like going to see Wagner's "Ring" or a Eugene O'Neill play.... you know it's going to be long and intricate. You may become bored at times, but you must know you won't be for long before things pick up again, and paying attention has great rewards. Resolve yourself to meet it halfway. Also, like a Wagner opera, you must accept it for what it is, warts and all. Like a Bach Passion, or a Beethoven string quartet, it is a universe of its own. It is full of nooks and crannies. It is a complete world.
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>This is the great thing about this version of Hamlet. It's not tidied up for modern sensibilities of theatre. It's sprawling and expansive. The threat from Fortinbras and the entire "players" scene and the scenes on the ship to England....these tentacles from the main plot only add to the complete world of "Hamlet". It's wonderful! It puts it on par with "Lear" [which I've always though better]. It is epic. Art! With a capital "A".
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One of the best presentation of a Shakespeare play
I had the opportunity to see this film during limited premiere back in December 25, 1996. I still have the program from that time. The 3 theatres to have the honors were The Paris Theatre in New York, The Royal Theatre in Los Angeles and The York Theatre in Toronto. These theatre showed the film in its entirety with one intermission of about 10 minutes. When it went nationwide the following January 24, 1997, it was edited and shorten by about 1 hour.
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>I must say, watching it for the first time was exciting. The film was amazing and I was intrigue throughout. Keep in mind I was still a young high school student when I first saw this. I enjoyed every aspect of it and did not want to see it end. When the film was first released on DVD or LD, I rented it and it was still good but there is nothing like experiencing it at the theatre and presented the way it was meant to be seen.