SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Feminist satirical low-budget film appropriating the character of Ophelia as a metaphor for a young, unassertive woman. Ophelia has nightmares about the film TITANIC, is dominated by her father and boyfriend Hamilton, and is unable to swim. When her brother steals a broom from a witch she become involved with feminist heroines - Mother Nature, The Librarian, The Muse and The Chocolatier. Includes a scene in which Hamlet (in Elizabethan costume) appears as a broom delivery man holding a skull and reciting the ‘too too solid flesh’ soliloquy (I ii).

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2000

Duration

88 mins

Credits

Director

Jurgen Vsych

Producer

Jurgen Vsych

Cinematographer

Karen Edmondson Bean

Screenplay

Jurgen Vsych

Music

Bronwen Jones

Art Direction

Karen Kaiser

Cast

Kristofer McNeeley	Hamlet (Hamlet)
Julia Lee	Ophelia (Ophelia)

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Reviews

Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 177, entry 239).

Production Company

Name

Wroughten Films

Distributor (Sale)

Name

womandirector.com

Email

sales@thewomandirector.com

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Phone

866-265-4235