Hamlet [videorecording] / Miramax Films ; Double A Films production ; produced by Andrew Fierberg and Amy Hobby ; screen adaptation [and] directed by Michael Almereyda.
Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Steve Zahn, Sam Shepard, Bill Murray. Based on the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. Special features: scene access, interactive menus, theatrical trailers.
Summary:
A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.
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