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Dominican Rep. Hamlet (TV)
- Original title
- Hamlet
- Year
- 2009
- Running time
- 182 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Play: William Shakespeare
- Cast
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David Tennant
Patrick Stewart
Oliver Ford Davies- Mariah Gale
Penny Downie- Edward Bennett
- Peter De Jersey
- Sam Alexander
- Tom Davey
- Mark Hadfield
John Woodvine- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Stage Play. TV Movie
- Movie Groups
- Shakespeare: Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Featuring the original stage cast, the drama focuses on Prince Hamlet having decisions to make following the murder of his father, the King, at the hands of his Uncle Claudius, who is now also married to Hamlet's mother. It takes place in a heartless Elsinore of black polished floors and two-way mirrors. From the first soliloquy ("O, that this too too solid flesh would melt..."), Tennant's Hamlet is someone we entirely believe is a wreck and in agonies of grief. There are neat modern touches, too. Ophelia undercuts Laertes's lecture on chastity by pointing out the condoms in his case; Hamlet films the play on a Super-8 camera to capture Claudius's reaction; and when he later kills Polonius, he shoots him through a vast glass panel, the shattered mirror becoming a recurring image. Patrick Stewart provides strong support as Claudius (and the King's ghost) while Oliver Ford Davies is an infuriating Polonius. But in the end it's all about the riveting central performance.
- Awards
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2010: Emmy: Nominated for Best Supp. Actor in Miniseries or TV Movie (Patrick Stewart)2009: Nominated for Bafta TV Awards: Best Photography and Lighting
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