Hamlet (1990a)

Country of Origin: UK / USA / France / Spain
Year of Production: 1990
Running Times: 130 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Carolco Pictures / Icon Entertainment International / Le Studio Canal+ / Marquis / Nelson Entertainment / Sovereign Pictures / Warner Bros / World Icon BV
Producer: Dyson Lovell
Production Coordinator: Clare St. John

SCRIPT
Script: Christopher De Vore, Franco Zeffirelli
Play: William Shakespeare

DIRECTION
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
1st Assistant Director: Michael Murray
2nd Assistant Directors: Gerry Toomey, Kevin Westley
3rd Assistant Director: Cliff Lanning

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David Watkin
Camera Operators: Derek Browne, Jonathan Taylor
Camera Loader: Graham Hall
Focus Puller: Simon Hume
2nd Camera Focus Puller: Simon Mills
Gaffer: Chuck Finch
Electricians: Alan Grosch, Stuart Reid, Toby Tyler
Best Boy: Tom Finch
Grip: Peter Butler
Stills: Keith Hamshere
Camera Trainee: Keegan O'Neill
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Richard Marden
1st Assistant Editor: Roy Birchley
2nd Assistant Editor: Jeremy Child

MUSIC
Music: Ennio Morricone
Music Editor: Robin Clark

SOUND
Sound Mixer: David Stephenson
Boom Swinger: Gerry Bates
Re-Recording Mixers: Dean Humphreys, Gerry Humphreys
Sound Editor: Nicholas Stevenson
Assistant Sound Editors: Terry Busby, Tim Lewiston
Dialogue Editor: Archie Ludski
Footsteps Editor: Tony Message
Sound Maintenance: John Pitt

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Supervising Make Up: Franco Corridoni
Make Up: Maurizio Silvi
Make Up For Mel Gibson: Lois Burwell
Make Up For Glenn Close: Jean-Luc Russier
Supervising Hair: Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hair: Alberta Giuliani, Paolo Mantini
Costume Designer: Maurizio Millenotti
Assistant Costume Designers: Anne Brault, Frank Gardiner, Enrico Serafini
Wardrobe Supervisor: Richard Pointing
Wardrobe Master: Alan Flyng
Wardrobe Assistants: John Birkenshaw, Geoff Lawrence, Alfonsina Lettieri, Pat Williamson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Ian Wingrove

VISUAL EFFECTS
Model Unit Camera Operator: Angus Bickerton
Title Designer: Maurice Binder
Titles Graphic Artist: Pauline Hume

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Dante Ferretti
Art Directors: Franco Ceraolo, Michael Lamont, James Morahan, Antonio Tarolla, Alan Tomkins
Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Property Master: Bert Hearn
Dressing Props: Brian Aldridge, Edward Francis
Stand-By Props: Mickey Pugh, John Wells
Production Buyer: Celia Bobak
Construction Coordinator: Michael Redding
Supervising Carpenters: George Coussins, Michael Hayward
Plasterer: Alan Cheevers
Construction Storeman: Richard Lyon
Draughtsman: Andrew Ackland-Snow
Scenic Artist: Brian Bishop
Art Department Runner: James Hambidge

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Angela Allen
Assistant Script Supervisor: Beverly Winston
Production Accountant: Jill Bennett
Assistant Accountant: Lyndy Noakes
Production Controller: Paul Tucker
Assistants to Franco Zeffirelli: Luciano Bacchielli, Julie Hoffman
Assistant to the Producer: Alison Odell
Assistant to Mel Gibson: Terri Depaolo
Assistant to Glenn Close: Kay Rouse
Assistant to Unit Publicist: Terri Depaolo
Horse Master: Roy Street

LOCATIONS
Locations: Blackness Castle, Scotland, UK; Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Scotland, UK; Rochester Castle, Rochester, Kent, England, UK; Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England, UK; Italy
Studio: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, UK
Location Manager: Nicholas Daubeny

STUNTS
Stunts: Graham Crowther, Paul Jennings, Tina Maskell
Duel Arranger: William Hobbs

CASTING
Casting: Joyce Nettles

CAST
Mel Gibson (Hamlet)
Glenn Close (Gertrude)
Alan Bates (Claudius)
Paul Scofield (the ghost)
Ian Holm (Polonius)
Helena Bonham Carter (Ophelia)
Stephen Dillane (Horatio)
Nathaniel Parker (Laertes)
Sean Murray (Guildenstern)
Michael Maloney (Rosencrantz)
Trevor Peacock (the gravedigger)
John McEnery (Osric)
Richard Warwick (Bernardo)
Christien Anholt (Marcellus)
Dave Duffy (Francisco)
Vernon Dobtcheff (Reynaldo)
Pete Postlethwaite (player king)
Christopher Fairbank (player queen)
Sarah Phillips, Ned Mendez, Roy York, Marjorie Bell, Justin Case, Pamela Sinclair, Baby Simon Sinclair, Roy Evans (the players)
Roger Low (Lucianus Gonzaga)
Graham Riddell (bodyguard - uncredited)

When he hears that his father the king has died, Hamlet returns home to Denmark. He finds that mother Gertrude 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...

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Video Distributor: LK-TEL

Germany
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (12762)

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Bros.
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia / Tristar

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Bros.
Laserdisc Distributor: Warner Home Video (12200)

Argentina
Rating: Atp

Chile
Rating: TE

Germany
Rating: 12

Sweden
Rating: 11

USA
Rating: PG

1991
Academy Awards, USA
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Dante Ferretti, Francesca Schiavo) - nominated
Best Costume Design (Maurizio Millenotti) - nominated

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Italy
Silver Ribbon: Migliore Doppiaggio Maschile (Tonino Accolla) winner (for the voice of Mel Gibson)

1992
British Academy Awards, UK
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Alan Bates) - nominated

David di Donatello Awards, Italy
David: Miglior Film Straniero - winner

1990
December
19: Canada, USA (Los Angeles and New York) - theatrical release

1991
January
Day Unknown: USA - wider theatrical release

August
Day Unknown: Brazil - theatrical release; USA - laserdisc release (Warner Home Video (12200))
22: Argentina - theatrical release
30: Sweden - theatrical release

1992
January
8: France - theatrical release

1993
June
Day Unknown: Germany - laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar (12762))

Amleto - Italian title

SEE ALSO
Amleto (1908a)
Amleto (1908b)
Amleto (1910)
Amleto (1914)
Amleto (1917)
Le duel d'Hamlet (1900)
Gamlet (1964)
Green Eggs and Hamlet (1995)
Hamile (1964)
Hamlet (1907)
Hamlet (1909)
Hamlet (1910a)
Hamlet (1910b)
Hamlet (1910c)
Hamlet (1913)
Hamlet (1921)
Hamlet (1947)
Hamlet (1948)
Hamlet (1954)
Hamlet (1955)
Hamlet (1959)
Hamlet (1960)
Hamlet (1964a)
Hamlet (1964b)
Hamlet (1964c)
Hamlet (1969)
Hamlet (1970)
Hamlet (1972)
Hamlet (1973)
Hamlet (1976)
Hamlet (1987)
Hamlet (1990b)
Hamlet (1992)
Hamlet (1996)
Hamlet (2000)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980)
A Herança (1970)
Io, Amleto (1952)
Khoon Ka Khoon (1935)
Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark (1984)

MAGAZINES

Première January 1992 p.12 (France)
review (by Monique Neubourg)

Studio January 1992 p.13 (France)
review (by Denis Parent)

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