Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Feature film version of the play. A naturalistic and literal reading with few interpretative touches. Gibson’s Hamlet is a man of action and with the text heavily cut (over 80%) he dominates the majority of scenes.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1990
- Duration
- 134 mins; 12,082 feet
Credits
- Director
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Producer
- Dyson Lovell
- Cinematographer
- David Watkin
- Screenplay
- Christophe de Vore; Franco Zeffirelli
- Music
- Enrico Morricone
- Costume
- Maurizo Millenotti
- Art Direction
- Michael Lamont
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Medieval
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
- Shakespeare - Playing the Dane
Notes
- Notes
- Budget $15million.
- Figures
- US domestic total gross $20,710,451 (Box Office Mojo 2005)
- Awards
- Academy Award 1991 - nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.
- Documentation
- A free study pack is available from Film Education. The pack consists of a study guide on the film aimed at students of GCSE English Literature; study notes aimed at students of A-level English Literature; an essay on the film by Professor Frank Kermode.
- Reviews
- Rothwell, Kenneth C. ‘Zeffirelli’s HAMLET’ in Rothwell’s A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2nd ed. (Cambridge: CUP, 2004) pp 131-5. Cartmell, Deborah ‘Franco Zeffirelli and Shakespeare’ in
Russell Jackson (ed), Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (Cambridge: CUP, 2000), pp 212-221.
Of Zeffirelli’s film Daniel Rosenthal writes - ‘If this were your first encounter with a play often acclaimed as the greatest ever written, and you were unaware of how much had been discarded, you would probably come away wondering what all the fuss was about’. Rosenthal, Daniel. 100 Shakespeare Films (London: BFI, 2007), p. 42.
Production Company
- Name
Carolco
Distributor
- Name
Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment
- publicity@momentumpictures.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.momentumpictures.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7391 6900
- Fax
- 020 7383 0404
- Address
- Second Floor
184-192 Drummond Street
London
NW1 3HP
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
4 Front Video
- Phone
- 020 7079 6000
- Fax
- 020 7079 6524
- Address
- Universal Pictures Video
Prospect House
Third Floor
80-110 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1HB
- Name
Retail outlets
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/9200 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)