Maloney (Laertes), John Mills (Old Norway). (Player Queen), Charlton Heston (Player King), Michael (Polonius), Nicholas Farrell (Horatio), Rosemary Harris (Claudius), Brian Blessed (Ghost), Richard Briers (Gertrude), Kate Winslet (Ophelia), Derek Jacobi Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh, from William ShakespeareĬast: Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet), Julie Christie Roles, Branagh peppers his film with guest appearancesįrom the likes of John Gielgud, Judi Dench, RichardĪttenborough, Gerard Depardieu, Jack Lemmon and Billy In addition to an all-star cast in principal Shakespeare's full text ' leaving little need forĪdaptation. Nomination was a source of controversy, since this was theįirst of the more than 20 film versions of Hamlet to use Nomination was for Branagh's adapted screenplay. Himself in the title role, Hamlet's only other Oscar® Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi and Branagh

Spite of the highly praised performances, especially by The second-longest major Hollywood production, clocking inĪ mere minute shorter than Cleopatra (1963). In its full length of 238 minutes, Branagh's Hamlet became Observing) and allows for intrigue (some of the mirrorsĪre two-way, and lead to concealed chambers and

Of the action onstage (members of the court are constantly London].' In The Chicago Sun Times, RogerĮbert wrote, 'The movie's very sets emphasize the role of Interiors filmed at Shepperton [Studios in In for Elsinore) and the mirror-laden, secret-revealing That Harvey 'makes superb thematic use of both the icyĮxteriors shot at Oxfordshire's Blenheim Palace (standing

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For Hamlet, the first film shot in 70mm sinceįar and Away (1992), adapter-director-star Branagh moved Striking designs to Branagh's films Henry V (1989),ĭead Again (1991), Peter's Friends (1992), MuchĪdo About Nothing (1993), Frankenstein (1994), Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996) is a constantĬollaborator with the wunderkind of British theater and, Production designer Tim Harvey, an Oscar® nominee for

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