Fifteen Minute Hamlet, The

Synopsis: Short. A satire on the film industry as if it existed in Elizabethan times. Film director William Shakespeare shoots HAMLET in one reel and in one take. When he screens his 15-minute film for the studio moguls he is ordered to cut it to make it more commercial. He unwillingly does so with surprising results.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1995
Duration: 22 mins

Director

Todd Louiso

Producer

Ethan Tucker; Todd Louiso

Cinematographer

Phil Parmet

Screenplay

Ethan Tucker; Michael Goldberg; Todd Louiso

Music

Tom Flowers

Costume

Maud Kersnowski

Contributor

Tom Stoppard

Cast

Production type: Fiction Films
Historical period: Elizabethan
Plays: Hamlet
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Hollywood; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles; Film industry

General: Based on a play of the same name by Tom Stoppard. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Oscar-winning star of CAPOTE, plays Barnardo, Horatio and Laertes.
Awards: 1997 New York Comedy Festival - Best Short

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