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Hamlet (2000)

Country of Origin:
Year of Production:
Running Times: 112 mins (Japan) 123 mins (USA)
Format: colour / black and white
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: double A films
Executive Producers: Jason Blum, John Sloss
Producers: Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby
Line Producer: Callum Greene
Production Manager: Anthony Katagas
Unit Manager: Brian Wray
Production Co-Ordinator: Darlene Liebman
Assistant Production Co-Ordinator: Jennifer Small

SCRIPT
Script: Michael Almereyda
Play: William Shakespeare

DIRECTION
Director: Michael Almereyda
1st Assistant Directors: Marco Londoner, Chip Signore
2nd Assistant Director: Carrie Fixe
Assistant Directors: Chris Savage, Ann Taylor

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John de Borman
Pixillographers: M. Almereyda, E. Hawke
B Camera Operator / 2nd Assistant Camera: Lance Mayer
Assistant Camera: Cyril Thomas

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Post Production Supervisor: Jennifer Lane
Editor: Kristina Boden

MUSIC
Music Supervisor: Beth Rosenblatt
Music: Carter Burwell; Franz Liszt (from Hamlet); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (from Hamlet)
Music Performer By: John Beal (bass); Nick Cords (viola); Bruno Eichler (violin); Gordon Gottlieb (percussion); Dawn Hannay (viola); Arlen Fast (bassoon); Ben Herman (percussion); Lisa E. Kim (violin); Jeanne Le Blanc (cello); William Mays (piano and celeste); John Moses (clarinet); Gene Moye (cello); Sandra Park (violin); Adam Rogers (guitar); Stacy Shames (harp ); Shelley Woodworth (oboe and English horn); Sharon Yamada (violin)
Music Contractor: Sandra Park

SOUND
Sound / Production Sound Mixer: Noah Timan
Supervising Sound Editor: Elmo Weber
ADR Editor: Russell Farmarco
Supervising Dialogue: Russell Farmarco
Sound Re-Recording Mixers: Aleksandr Gruzdev, Elmo Weber
Sound Effects Editors: Orada Jusatayanond, Ai-Ling Lee
Assistant Sound Editor: Igor Nikolic
Foley Recordist: Klaus Peintner

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Marco Cattoretti, Luca Mosca
Key Make Up: Kyra Panchenko
Make Up: Susan Reilly, Tania Ribalow
Key Hair: Kyra Panchenko
Hair: Susan Reilly, Tania Ribalow

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Co-Ordinator: Drew Jiritano

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Gideon Ponte
Art Director: Jeanne Develle
Set Decorators: Joshua Drew, Jeffrey Everett

MISCELLANEOUS
Assistant to Producers: Brian Bell
Assistant to Director: Rebecca Bregman
Assistant to Hawke: Sam Connelly
Key Production Assistant: B.J. Owens
Production Assistant: Stephen M. Evans III

LOCATIONS
Locations: New York City, New York, USA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: H. Stern
Thanks To: Jennifer Connelly

LOCATIONS
Location Assistant: Adam Finmann

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Manny Siverio

CASTING
Extras Casting: Byron Crystal

CAST
Ethan Hawke (Hamlet)
Kyle MacLachlan (Claudius)
Sam Shepard (ghost)
Diane Venora (Gertrude)
Bill Murray (Polonius)
Liev Schreiber (Laertes)
Julia Stiles (Ophelia)
Karl Geary (Horatio)
Paula Malcomson (Marcella)
Steve Zahn (Rosencrantz)
Dechen Thurman (Guildenstern)
Rome Neal (Barnardo)
Jeffrey Wright (gravedigger)
Paul Bartel (Osric)
Casey Affleck (Fortinbras)
Robert Thurman (priest)
Tim Blake Nelson (flight captain)
John Martin (Claudius' bodyguard)
Bernadette Jurkowski (Blockbuster clerk)
Robert MacNeil (player king)

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International

Belgium
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

France
Theatrical Distributor: Bac Films

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Shochiku Films Ltd

Luxembourg
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Film Four International

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Miramax Films

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12

UK
Rating: 12

USA
Rating: R

AWARDS

2000
Locarno International Film Festival
Golden Leopard (Michael Almereyda) - nomination

2001
Independent Spirit Awards
Best Cinematography (John de Borman) - nomination

TIMELINE

2000
January

24: USA - shown at the Sundance Film Festival

May
12: USA - theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles

July
12: Belgium - theatrical release

August
4: Iceland - theatrical release
10: Singapore - theatrical release
25: Italy - theatrical release

September
22: Greece - theatrical release

October
5: Slovenia - theatrical release
12: Switzerland - theatrical release in German speaking region

November
11: Indonesia - shown at the Jakarta International Film Festival
23: Germany - theatrical release

December
15: UK - theatrical release
27: France - theatrical release

2001
January

20: Japan - theatrical release in Tokyo

March
9: Brazil - theatrical release
20: Poland - theatrical release

May
24: Argentina - theatrical release

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Amleto (1908a)
Amleto (1908b)
Amleto (1910)
Deep Impact (1998)
Gamlet (1964)
Green Eggs and Hamlet (1995)
Hamile (1964)
Hamlet (1900)
Hamlet (1907)
Hamlet (1909)
Hamlet (1910a)
Hamlet (1910b)
Hamlet (1910c)
Hamlet (1913)
Hamlet (1914)
Hamlet (1917)
Hamlet (1921)
Hamlet (1947) (TV)
Hamlet (1948)
Hamlet (1954)
Hamlet (1955)
Hamlet (1959)
Hamlet (1960)
Hamlet (1964a)
Hamlet (1964b)
Hamlet (1964c)
Hamlet (1969)
Hamlet (1970a)
Hamlet (1970b)
Hamlet (1972)
Hamlet (1973)
Hamlet (1976)
Hamlet (1987)
Hamlet (1990a)
Hamlet (1990b)
Hamlet (1992a)
Hamlet (1992b)
Hamlet (1996)
Hamlet liikemaailmassa (1987)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980)
Herança (1970)
Io, Amleto (1952)
Khoon Ka Khoon (1935)
The Lion King (1994)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Den Tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark (1984)

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Hamlet (1948)
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)

KEYWORDS

shakespeare, play into film, corporations, drowning, ghosts, new york, the media, capitalism, consumerism, revenge, fencing, limousines, poison

 


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