Criterion Collection: Hamlet
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- Released
- 3/3/03
- Film and TV Genre
- Drama
- Video Format
- NTSC
- DVD Region
- 1 (will only play on Region 1 and Multi-Region DVD players)
Description
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Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's decision to excise large portions of the text, his cinematic version of -Hamlet is widely considered the best out of several dozens (and counting). Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Danish prince who's still melancholy over the sudden death of his father and the quick, subsequent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) to his uncle, Claudius (Basil Sydney). Informed by the ghost of his father that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet schemes to take revenge. Unsure how best to proceed, his delays and the horrible secret burdening him eventually lead to the violent snuffing out of several lives in both his family and that of courtier Polonius (Felix Aylmer), whose daughter Ophelia (Jean Simmons) is in love with Hamlet. Greatly influenced by the inventive camera work in Citizen Kane (1941) and by modern, psychological reinterpretations of Shakespeare's play, Olivier's masterpiece was the winner of four Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Actor (Olivier), Best Black and White Art Direction/Set Direction and Best Black and White Costume Design.
Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's decision to excise large portions of the text, his cinematic version of -Hamlet is widely considered the best out of several dozens (and counting). Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Danish prince who's still melancholy over the sudden death of his father and the quick, subsequent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) to his uncle, Claudius (Basil Sydney). Informed by the ghost of his father that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet schemes to take revenge. Unsure how best to proceed, his delays and the horrible secret burdening him eventually lead to the violent snuffing out of several lives in both his family and that of courtier Polonius (Felix Aylmer), whose daughter Ophelia (Jean Simmons) is in love with Hamlet. Greatly influenced by the inventive camera work in Citizen Kane (1941) and by modern, psychological reinterpretations of Shakespeare's play, Olivier's masterpiece was the winner of four Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Actor (Olivier), Best Black and White Art Direction/Set Direction and Best Black and White Costume Design.
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Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Laurence Olivier
- Series
- Criterion Collection
- Disc Features
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Year of release
- 1948
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.33:1
- Disc Layers
- 1
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Label / Studio
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- Run Time (minutes)
- 153
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Subtitle Language
- English
- Cast & Crew
- Desmond Dickinson (Cinematographer)
- William Turner Walton (Composer)
- William Walton (Composer)
- Helga Cranston (Editor)
- Eileen Herlie (Featured)
- Tony Sforzini (Makeup)
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Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Sonic Wind (Instrumental Mix)
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Crystal Frontier (Widescreen Version)
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Untitled III (Remix By Two Loneswordsmen)
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Chanel No 5
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Banderilla
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Crooked Road and the Briar
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Crystal Frontier (Acoustic Version)
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Blacktop
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64 Ford Fairlane
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Transistorites
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Piker Sam
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Crystal Frontier (Widescreen Version) (Video)
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Ballad of Cable Hogue (Video)
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The Black Light (Video)
