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Hamlet a Kenneth Branagh Film DVD R2

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That all works. Julie Christie is a suitably attractive Gertrude, and Kate Winslet makes the most of Ophelia's mad scenes. The biggest irony here is that Branagh himself is not quite spot-on as Hamlet.

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BrandWarner Home Video

MPN1000086509

GTIN7321900826839

UPC7321900826839

eBay Product ID (ePID)1705903435

Product Key Features

Region CodeDVD: 4 (AU, NZ, Latin America...), DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)

ActorRobin Williams, John Leguizamo, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gérard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Kenneth Branagh, John Turturro

Video FormatPAL

EditionSpecial Edition

Case TypeTall/DVD Case

RatingPG

Subtitle LanguageGreek, Spanish, Polish, English, Portuguese, German, Latin

StudioWarner Bros

FormatDVD

Release Year2007

LanguageSpanish, English, German, Polish

FeaturesBehind The Scenes Featurette, Former Rental, Commentary, Captioned, With Subtitles, Widescreen, Interactive, Remastered

Season2

Sub-GenreGreek, German

Aspect Ratio16:9

TypeMovie

GenreHistorical, Foreign Language, Drama

Run Time242 minutes

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item 1 HAMLET (1996) (Charlton Heston Robin Williams) New Region 4 DVD Shakespeare

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item 3 Hamlet (1996) (DVD) Kenneth Branagh Billy Crystal Brian Blessed Charlton Heston

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item 8 Hamlet - 2 Disc Special Edition - Kenneth Branagh - New Sealed DVD - Region 2

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by willy906
30 Dec, 2019Top favourable review
Stimulating and Educational with full set production and professional actors.
I always had trouble understanding Shakespeare and needed to understand what this was about. This DVD does all that for me. Brannagh's film is entertaining, full set production, and marvellous if you have trouble with old Will. Would thoroughly recommend this 4 hour film.
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by alstr-4547
18 Mar, 2025Top critical review
If you are okay with mumbling, you will love it.
It is a sumptuous production but a lot of the speech is difficult to hear and one really has to articulate well with Shakespeare so the mumbling just lets it down for me and, honestly, I prefer the old black and white Laurence Olivier production because every word is well annunciated and so well acted.
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by priscurl
27 Aug, 2020
Try it, you may even like it.
I was staggered to find that this stunning version of Hamlet did not make back what it cost to make at the box office. The best way to understand Shakespeare is to see it enacted by a brilliant cast spanning both sides of Atlantic. The fact that the film is 4 hours in length possibly put a lot of people off. It is the full text of the play, which is often cut because of that fact. This is not a letter boxed version of the film as was the VHS edition, but sadly the "making of" mini-doco accompanying this DVD edition has been edited down in length. Accompanying the film is a 4hr commentary by Birmingham University's Russell Jackson, along with Branagh himself. Branagh's setting of the play in a "war-like" state, at the turn of the 19th century. This forms the outer ring out of the play's onion of a threatened state and monarchy where two families, Hamlet's and that of the prime minister Polonius', are falling apart under the scrutiny of the court and Denmark's subjects. The cinematography and 70 mm print make the most of the gold, white, red and blue sets and costumes. Rather than being forbidding and dark like other filmed versions of the play, this is bathed in light, with much of the action set in a Versailles-like hall of mirrors. Branagh loves his long tracking shots and whirling cameras, but his direction of the cast is excellent. Heston is great as the player king, Simon Russell Beale and Billy Crystal are witty gravediggers, Winslet is affecting as Ophelia. Julie Christie is a revelation as Gertrude, but the standout is Jacobi as Claudius. He can make Shakespeare's words, even the archaic ones, very easily understood. If your "teach'" turned you right off Shax at school, try this for size. Spot the great and good of British film and theatre in the cameos. I never tire of Branagh's Shakespeare films.
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by 4qer33myqpu@Deleted
19 Dec, 2019
Superb production with some irrelevancies.
Extremely high quality picture, spectacular production, many renowned actors used even in small parts, most complete performance of 'Hamlet' that you'll ever see. However some of the spectacle distracted from the message of Shakespeare's play.
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by 47cQCnDTTGy@Deleted
11 May, 2017
Hamlet 1996
The best of all versions of Hamlet - 4 hours is a long slog, but it stays true to the text like no other version. The use of high quality actors from around the world and Branagh's performance make this a stand out.
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by jt*ld_blo5s
30 Apr, 2023
Heavy but entertaining play.
Great performance of the entire script of Shakespeare's masterpiece, full of famous actors and actresses.
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by gouv-0
10 Aug, 2023
The best I have seen
One of the best versions of Hamlet I have seen. The Cinematography and sound is of a high quality which makes it easy to be absorbed into the world of Hamlet and his troubles.
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by anntugliac_0
02 Oct, 2022
Branagh is a GENIUS!
Not only did I rcv this DVD safely & VERY rapidly, I had an experience of a lifetime .... This man is sensationally talented & every aspect of this luscious production exhibits that! And what a stunning cast ... OMG .... Even if you're not into Shakespeare yet, this will be your gate-way drug!
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by joton_873
19 Sep, 2024
Great production
Hamlet is my favourite Shakespeare play.
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by fiftyshades92
16 Aug, 2018
Fantastic
Such a great movie, such a great cast. It really made my day
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