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Hamlet (1990) (DVD)

Mel Gibson (Actor), Glenn Close (Actor) Rated:
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IMDb6.7/10.0
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Genre Musicals & Performing Arts, Drama
Format Anamorphic, Color, Multiple Formats, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, NTSC
Contributor Sean Murray, Nathaniel Parker, Mel Gibson, Paul Scofield, Vernon Dobtcheff, Dyson Lovell, Richard Warwick, Michael Maloney, Stephen Dillane, Glenn Close, John McEnery, Franco Zeffirelli, Christopher Fairbank, Dave Duffy, Alan Bates, Helena Bonham Carter, Christien Anholt, Christopher De Vore, Trevor Peacock, Pete Postlethwaite, Ian Holm, William Shakespeare See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 14 minutes
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Hamlet (1990) (DVD)

Mel Gibson leads an all-star cast in William Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, the story of Danish prince Hamlet. Hamlet (Academy Award winner Gibson--Braveheart, Lethal Weapon films) returns home to learn that his father, the King, has recently died and his mother, Gertrude (Glenn Close--The Stepford Wives, Fatal Attraction), has already married his uncle, Claudius (Alan Bates--Gosford Park). Suffering from shock and grief, the young prince is visited by the ghost of his father (Paul Scofield--Quiz Show), who claims that he was murdered by Claudius and who demands vengeance. Now, Hamlet must decide whether this tale told by an apparition is true--and whether he should exact the vengeance his father demands . . . realizing that his actions may destroy the woman he loves, Ophelia (Helena Bonham Carter--Corpse Bride, Howards End), his family and the kingdom he is due to inherit.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Franco Zeffirelli
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Anamorphic, Color, Multiple Formats, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 14 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 8, 2005
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Dyson Lovell
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ WarnerBrothers
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00019072G
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Christopher De Vore, Franco Zeffirelli
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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5.0 out of 5 stars A dynamic production of Shakespeare's play
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
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Of all the Hamlets I've seen (not that many, but a few), this is my favorite interpretation. Mel Gibson is a believable young man, passionate and brooding together. The acting by all in this production is superior. I can highly recommend the purchase of this product.
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Secundus Tacitus
5.0 out of 5 stars Once and Future Hamlet
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2006
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Brilliant is an often overworked phrase, but in the case of *Hamlet* starring Mel Gibson, the word cannot be used enough. For brevity's sake, I will save Zeffirelli's cudos for another time and place except to say that he has done a good thing. This review is for Chris Devore and his beautiful working and dramturgy of the more than difficult Shakespeare script. Devore somehow makes it better. Were he in London, late 1500's, he would have been a collaborator, making Will's work the pearl it is today. My only plea is that, at some date, we will get to see Gibson give the advice to the players which was omitted so that other pieces could be spared.

This may have been Glenn Close's best work. This is not a complaint, but rather a sign that anyting else she may have or has done cannot be any better than this wonderful, small role. Gertrude, the Queen (Close), has an important commentary that must be heard in order for the play to work - Will was no fool - and it needs a Close to do it.

Alan Bates has been a staple of English theatre and screen and has delivered many fine parts (such as Gabriel Oaks in *Far From the Madding Crowd*, 1967). As Claudius, the regicide and brother of Hamlet, Senior, Bates makes you believe that his reign could have been noble except for that one small cancer, that flaw in his character - very Clintonian and very believable.

I have wanted to kick Ian Holm's ever since Ash hurt Ripley in *Alien*, 1979. I have to keep reminding myself that he really is that believable and that I really don't hate him, It's the character he has created so well. His body of work is repleat with characters of such believability that you forget his name - IAN HOLM - until he does it again, the next time, in the next movie. If films were strictly Hasidic, Holm's version of Polonius would be Kosher. There is not one piece of ham in his entire performance. It is worth the purchase of the DVD just to see him act.

Everyone is good in the movie and there is not time to talk about all of them. But a note to those whose noses are airbourne and won't tolerate anyone but Olivier as Hamlet. There are several uneven performances in his excellent movie. There are no uneven performances in this piece.

Finally, we come to the mad prince of Denmark. It is most astonishing that I watched this epic again after Mel's dark night of the troll, thrashing about in complete insanity, arguably brought on by hard likker, frustration, and stupidity. Yet with all said, Gibson IS the essential Hamlet. You will find no other actor who delivers the goods the way the Cruiser from the Boozer does.

You know this is true, not just by watching the exquisite performance on the DVD, but by Gibson's own marveling at what was accomplished, not because of some actor's raison d'etre, but rather by the actor's very ability to understand that he is dealing with things that go beyond the ken of normal humans. IS Hamlet crazy, or crazy like a fox? And when is he crazy we get to hear Mel say in the devastating interview he made for the DVD release many years gone by.

So, enough from me.

If you want to see the best Hamlet ever, buy this DVD and feast.

- Dick Anderson
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The Docent
5.0 out of 5 stars BEST PRODUCTION OF HAMLET EVER!
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2013
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I'm not a fan of Mel Gibson as a person, who is a professed homophobic racist. HOWEVER, I do not watch movies to see movie stars, but to be put in the middle of a story and have an emotional experience. And this one knocks my socks off. If you have a hard time understanding the literature of Shakespeare, you will be surprised at how well you'll be able to follow along, thanks to the gifted performances of this cast who suck you right into the storyline and keep you on the edge of your seat.

Shakespeare's Hamlet was originally written as a 4-hour stage production but has been amazingly condensed here to half that time without losing anything important. The set locations are marvelous, and the cinematography is top notch

Gibson plays a handsome and clever Hamlet, articulating Shakespeare's 16th century English script superbly and passionately and with great force. I felt that he was very believable in the role.

Super Star Glenn Close masterfully plays "the beauteous Queen of Denmark", not like a commanding Queen Elizabeth I, but with the meekness and humility of a wife and mother who has gotten caught up in a heinous crime, but with such wide-eyed innocence that one cannot help but completely forgive her in her remorse when Hamlet confronts her about it. One might say that Justice required that she pay with her life for her crime, but even Justice weeps for her as she makes that payment. And priceless is the annoyed look that she fiercely flashes at Ian Holm's Polonius when he tartly says to her, "Stay a while, Madam; I will be faithful!" (Just watch it and you'll understand what he means).

Ian Holm (Scribe Zerah in "Jesus of Nazareth", Priest Vito Cornelius in "The 5th Element", Bilbo Baggins in "The Lord of the Rings") proves himself once again to be a master talent in his performance of the intelligent busybody Polonius. Holm fully embodies the character. I think Shakespeare wrote the part for him 400 years in advance.

Helena Bonham Carter (Marla in "Fight Club", the Red Queen in "Alice in Wonderland", Queen Elizabeth in the "King's Speech") is completely believable as the pitiable Ophelia; her performance was haunting and makes one grieve for all women whose innocence has been crushed by cruel men.
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Scott
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Version of a Classic
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2023
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The Mel Gibson version of Hamlet is a great rendition of the Shakespearean classic. I do enjoy the Kenneth Branagh version as well... but the Mel Gibson version is very well done. I watched this when it came out in the 90s and just purchased this import and forgot how good it was. Delivery was excellent, arrived very fast , it IS definitely REGION A/B/C. No issues.... great purchase
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Mary moert
5.0 out of 5 stars Classis video
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024
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Very good classic movie easy to understand content of movie and Shakespeare meanings
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Manko
5.0 out of 5 stars Shakespeare: Hamlet, Video (DVD)
Reviewed in Germany on September 28, 2023
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Der Regisseur Zeffirelli ist ein exzellenter Regisseur von Shakespeare-Theaterstücken. Man kann ihm ankreiden, dass er Verliebt in Details wäre.. Es liegt keine artifizielle Gestaltung in Kostümen und Kulisse vor, verglichen mit den schon barocken Theaterkulissen amerikanischer Aufführungen. Zefirelli ist es nach meiner Kenntnis gelungen, den Zuschauer in die Welt des Dramas zu versetzen; der Zuschauer hat Raum für seine eigene Phantasie, um die 'stage' glaubhaft nachzuschaffen. Schauspieler: Mel Gibson ; Musik: Ennio Morricone. Meine Summary (nach einem Shakespeare-Studium u. der Rezeption vieler - auch neuer - Inszenierungen) : selbst Schuld, wer diesen Film trotz besseren Wissens nicht gesehen hat. Ein Film, den man mehrmals sehen müsste.
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Pierre Gauthier
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling!
Reviewed in Canada on December 23, 2020
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This is a truly cinematic transposition of the famous Shakespearean play, not just filmed theatre. The outdoor scenes are shot in actual medieval castles and indoor ones in realistic four-sided rooms. Actors are generally not static but moving, and the camera follows them at length, at varying angles. The text itself is edited down to some two hours, and certain lines from omitted scenes are actually transferred to others. In certain cases, such as the sea voyage headed for England, the action is just seen, and no dialogue is uttered.

Hamlet, the character, is filled with doubt. So apparently was Mel Gibson with his own performance throughout the shooting. He even asserts in the DVD’s bonus feature that he would like to be in a position to shoot the movie all over again. Was this situation planned by the director, Franco Zeffirelli, so that the movie’s main character appear to be always on a razor’s edge?

In any case, this original production is an excellent introduction to “Hamlet” and is warmly recommended to all unfamiliar with Shakespeare’s world.
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guy v.
5.0 out of 5 stars une superbe adaptation cinématographique du célèbre drame de Shakespeare
Reviewed in France on January 20, 2019
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Tournée en 1990 par Franco Zeffirelli notamment dans les superbes décors naturels d'Ecosse cette adaptation cinématographique du célèbre drame de Shakespeare est une parfaite réussite.
Les images sont superbes, les décors et les costumes savamment choisis et jamais écrasants.
Quant à la distribution elle est de tout premier ordre: Mel Gibson se révèle un Hamlet idéal, tourmenté et toujours prêt à sombrer dans la folie. On peut dire qu'il dépoussière et humanise son rôle tout comme la toute jeune Helena Bonham Carter qui arrive à donner toute sa force au personnage d'Ophélie sans jamais le ridiculiser. Une fois de plus Glenn Close attire les regards par sa composition d'une reine Gertrude tout à la fois condamnable et fragile. Alan Bates (le roi Claudius), Ian Holm (Polonius) et Paul Scofield (le fantôme du père d'Hamlet assassiné par son frère Claudius et son épouse Gertrude), acteurs anglais rompus au théâtre shakespearien ne sont pas non plus en reste.
En résumé Franco Zeffirelli nous offre une version cinématographique de l'œuvre qui ne peut à aucun moment être considérée comme du théâtre filmé. Il nous passionne de bout en bout pour cette histoire de haine, d'amour, d'inceste et de sang. Admirable!
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austen79
1.0 out of 5 stars mancano i sottotitoli in inglese
Reviewed in Italy on April 23, 2012
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Spedizione veloce come sempre.
Purtroppo mancano i sottotitoli in inglese, che utilizzo per migliorare la conprensione. Credevo fossero presenti in ogni dvd ormai...
(se interessa, non sono presenti i sottotitoli in nessuna lingua)
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BABU VARMA
5.0 out of 5 stars MEL GIBSON IS HAMLET
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2011
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Hamlet [DVD ]Recently bought this from Amazon.co.uk. truly a visual extravaganza. Mel Gibson is simply stunning in the title role. The rest of the cast are all superb. Particularly appealing is the dialogue delivery. It is so natural. You never for a moment feel that the actors are reading their lines from Shakespeare. In all the other productions which I have seen (Branagh's and Lord Olivier's) however well they act, it is still 'acting'. Albeit of a high order. But Gibson does not act. He 'is' Hamlet. The casting is so perfect. Also we are accustomed to seeing Gibson act 'crazy' both in the 'Lethal weapon' films and the 'Mad Max' films. We accept him for what he portrays. Maybe, in a round about way, our sub-conscious has registered Mel Gibson as part 'loony'. Maybe that is the reason why his portrayal of the Prince of Denmark seems so acceptable to audiences all over the world. We feel that he is 'a person who can't make up his mind'. If you are collecting 'Hamlet' for the first time, then I suggest you go for this 'Mel Gibson Version'. It truly reflects what the bard of Avon imagined. One single minor set-back I found with this DVD is that there are no Bonus features and a subtitle. The lack of sub-title may not bother the 'pundits' but for the common man in countries where English is not the first language, I think that might pose a wee bit of problem. That aside, this is the 'ultimate' HAMLET.
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