Hamlet Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Almereyda
Genres: Drama
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William Shakespeare's classic tale is brought to the screen for the third time in ten years in this modernized interpretation. Writer/director Michael_Almereyda updates the story to the present day, where Hamlet (Ethan_Hawke) is a struggling filmmaker whose personal and familial trials are set against the machinations of a huge production firm called the Denmark Corporation. Joining Hamlet as he seeks revenge for the death of his father and the wedding of his mother to an enemy are Kyle MacLachlan as Claudius, Julia_Stiles as Ophelia, Bill_Murray as Polonius, Sam_Shepard as the ghost of Hamlet's father, Diane_Venora as Gertrude, Steve_Zahn as Rosencrantz, and Dechen_Thurman as Guildenstern. Mark Deming, Rovi
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