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Dominican Rep. Hamlet
- Original title
- Hamlet
- Year
- 1990
- Running time
- 135 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Mel Gibson
Glenn Close
Alan Bates
Paul Scofield
Ian Holm
Helena Bonham Carter
Michael Maloney
Nathaniel Parker
Stephen Dillane
John McEnery- Sean Murray
Pete Postlethwaite
Christopher Fairbank- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
Icon Productions, Sovereign Pictures, Carolco Pictures, Canal+, Nelson Entertainment. Distributor: Warner Bros.- Genre
- Drama | Revenge
- Movie Groups
- Shakespeare: Hamlet
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1990: Oscar: 2 Nominations (Best Art Direction and Costume Design)1990: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Film (ex aequo). 2 Nominations1991: Nominated for BAFTA Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Alan Bates)1990: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"Mel Gibson's Hamlet is strong, intelligent and safely beyond ridicule.... He is by far the best part of Mr. Zeffirelli's sometimes slick but always lucid and beautifully cinematic version of the play."
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"A senselessly adapted, ill-conceived, poorly acted mess of a film that's guaranteed to frustrate anyone who loves the play and to put everybody else to sleep."
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"This big-screen Hamlet, pumped up to operatic scale by overkill director Franco Zeffirelli, exposes Gibson's shortcomings."
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"The cinematic strategies are energetic without being vulgar, the words are plain-spoken, and moony Mel's melancholy is what matinee idols are made of."
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