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Hamlet

ORIGINAL TITLE

Hamlet

YEAR

1990

RUNNING TIME

135 min.

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COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

Franco Zeffirelli

SCREENWRITER

Franco Zeffirelli & Christopher de Vore (Play: William Shakespeare)

COMPOSER

Ennio Morricone

CINEMATOGRAPHER

David Watkin

CAST

Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Maloney

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Sovereign Pictures / Icon production

AWARDS

1990: Oscar: 2 Nominations (Best Art Direction and Costume Design)
1990: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Film

GENRE

Drama

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

When he hears that his father the king has died, Hamlet (Mel Gibson) returns home to Denmark. He finds that mother Gertrude (Glenn Close) has married his uncle Claudius who is now the new king and they are planning that Hamlet should be married to Ophelia. But the ghost of Hamlet's father appears to tell Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius and Gertrude. Hamlet’s determination to avenge his father’s murder and the remarriage of his mother leads to an intricate tapestry of intrigue, introspection, deception, and death.

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