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DVD : Hamlet
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Hamlet starring: Lewis Arlt, Blair Brown, Leon Addison Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bill Buell directed by: Campbell Scott List Price: $14.98 CD-Charts Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 (13%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0707729114772 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Lions Gate Manufacturer: Lions Gate Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Lions Gate Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 18, 2001 Running Time: 178 minutes Studio: Lions Gate Theatrical Release Date: December 10, 2000 Sales Rank: 45855 MPN: D11477D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Campbell Scott directs and stars in this not-quite-modern-dress version of Hamlet. A production can easily lose itself in attempting such a notorious great work of literature, but this one largely keeps its head. The film starts with a few silent establishing scenes--a nice touch when one already knows the characters. Some well-thought-out stage business also enhances the play, such as Gertrude frolicking with Claudius just outside an open window while Hamlet delivers his first soliloquy. Occasionally cinematic concerns seem to get in the way--the production appears so concerned with making the old King Hamlet's ghost scary that it forgets to make him ominous--and every now and then Scott falls into the self-indulgent traps that directors who cast themselves as Hamlet tend to. Overall, however, the performances are quite good. Blair Brown gives Gertrude more depth and intelligence than most actresses, and Lisa Gay Hamilton fights her way through some difficult mad-scene direction to give a fine performance as Ophelia. Roger Guenveur Smith does excellent work as Laertes--he is thoroughly comfortable with Elizabethan English and gives a lovely, understated performance. The DVD includes The Making of Hamlet. --Ali Davis Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - A FINE ADAPTATIONThe Hallmark Entertainment release "Hamlet," adapted and directed by Campbell Scott and Eric Simonson, is a unique interpretation of the most celebrated drama in the English language. The crew does a great job of bringing the story into the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The film is beautifully shot, and the sets are breathtaking. The cast overall does a fine job. Campbell Scott gives a fine performance as Hamlet, bringing a unique spin to the role. In this version, you get the sense that Hamlet is actually going mad, and Scott pulls it off very well. He's no Branagh, but he comes danged close. Roscoe Lee Browne is fantastic as Polonius, bringing a hint of tenderness to the role. My only complaints in terms of acting are two: ... Read More: Rating:  - A Poem Limited?I apologize in advance to future customers who are looking for a version of Hamlet to purchase based upon the reviews left by us Shakespearean wags. In the below reviews, near all praise Campbell Scott's enactment above that of Kenneth Branagh; I, however, couldn't disagree more. I purchased Campbell Scott's version based upon the glowing reviews, but now after watching it I confess I am thoroughly disappointed for several reasons. (I shall mention only five.) First, as Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University, writes, Hamlet is "a meditation upon human fragility in confrontation with death." Act V Scene i, where Hamlet returns to Denmark and is walking through the cemetery with Horatio, is horribly truncated. ... Read More: Rating:  - Overall, better than Bragnah...What is the difference between reciting the "to be or not to be" soliquly on the floor with slitted wrists or standing in front of a mirror? One answer: ACTING. I had seen Kenneth Bragnagh's Hamlet not too long ago when I lost intrest in the play, the intrest came back after recently leaning of another version tobe released next year. Out of nowhere, I saw this preview for this film version of "Hamlet" I watched the preview 20 times or more before I just recieved it yesterday. All in all, this is the definite version of the play. People have said that Bragnah's version is the best because of it being uncut. While, I can't argue that it's true about it being uncut...I can argue that it's the best. No American actors have attempted to do "Hamlet" since Kevin ... Read More: Rating: - I really enjoyed this HamletAs a student studying Shakespeare, I have to chosen to watch as many different versions of these films as I like. I watched the Hamlet film with Mel Gibson, and I did not like it at all. I think that it is way to dark, and to tell the truth, I do not think that Gibson did all that great of job with the role. This version of Hamlet though, I love. Campbell Scott did a wonderful job, I really enjoyed watching him play Hamlet. He delivers the lines beautifully, and does an amazing job making you believe that Hamlet was really Human. Gibson's Hamlet seemed to me like a dark haunted creature, but Scott's seemed like a real person. While the file has it flaw's, like Ophelia, her charecter could have been stronger, and the music did need a little help. ... Read More: Rating: - The most believable HamletI teach Shakespeare classes to adults and have a personal collection of seven VHS and DVD versions of Hamlet. Campbell Scott is by far the most believable, and my students have chosen it as their favorite version. Claudius is pefect--a smiling smiling villain absolutely capable of secucing his sister-in-law and murdering his brother. The casting of Polonius, Ophelia and Laertes worked well. The second choice of my students is the Mel Gibson, which had been number one until they saw Campbell Scott. The scene in the room where they have stored away all reminders of the old king is brilliant. Great film. |
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