Stay
- Synopsis
- Feature film. A psychological thriller set in New York. After a car accident on the Brooklyn Bridge, Henry Letham (Gosling)walks away from the burning car. He announces to his psychiatrist Sam (McGregor) that he will commit suicide in three days. There are numerous connections to Hamlet in the film (see Lanier op cit) - Letham is an anagram of ‘Hamlet’, An actress, Athena (Reaser) rehearsing the role of Ophelia reads with a black actor playing Rosencrantz ‘Denmark’s a prison’ to ‘were it not that I have bad dreams’ (ii ii) and Henry is terrified by his father’s ghost.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2005
- Duration
- 98 mins
Credits
- Director
- Marc Forster
- Producer
- Arnon Mitchan; Eric Kopeloff; Tom Lassally
- Cinematographer
- Roberto Schaefer
- Screenplay
- David Binoff
- Production Design
- Kevin Thompson
- Art Direction
- Jonathon Arkin
- Cast
Elizabeth Reaser Athena (Ophelia) Ewan McGregor Sam Foster Ryan Gosling Henry Letham
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 ‘U.S. Television’ 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. 178-9, entry 748).
Ebert, Roger. Chicago Sun Times (October 21 2005)
Online Availability
- Online URL
- http://www.staythemovie.com
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Stay". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67800 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)