Hamlet
Brief Synopsis
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New York City, 2000. Claudius is a high-profile media magnate running the Denmark Corporation following the death of his brother. Claudius' new wife, Gertrude, the widow of his brother and Hamlet's mother, is a poised and powerful socialite. Hamlet is in love with Ophelia, who lives in an East Villa
Cast & Crew
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Michael Almereyda
Director
Ethan Hawke
Hamlet
Kyle Maclachlan
Claudius
Diane Venora
Gertrude
Sam Shepard
Ghost (Hamlet'S Father)
Bill Murray
Polonius
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
2000
Production Company
1-800-Flowers; 1010 Wins; American Airlines; Arrow Film Distributors; Artist Rights Society; Aveda; Axium International; Bang & Olufsen, Inc.; Bank Of Austria; Bankers Trust Company; Bar 13; Bernardaud; Billy; Bipack Inc.; Blanc Antiques; Blockbuster Llc; Bloomberg; British Film Institute; Budget Films Inc; Bulgari; Byblos; CNN; Caroline Records; Catpics Coproductions Ltd; Cbs Studios; Chemical Brothers; Cristofle; Crown Gotham; Cypress Hills; Dexter Shoes; Diva Limousines; Dooney & Bourke; Double A Films; E! Networks; Fast Images; Febres; Film Comment; Film Finances, Inc.; Flatotel International; Frette; Funhouse Studio Inc; Generator By George; Getty Images; Ghiradelli Chocolates; Gilette Company; Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch; Gran Finale; Guaranteed Media Inc; Hamlet Inc; Harper Hug; Homer Restaurant; Hopkins Smith Casting, Llc; Hugo Boss; Immaculate Matching Inc; Jennifer; John F Kennedy Airport; Jvc Entertainment Inc; Kapsis Inc; Kaufman Astoria Studios; Kerry Productions; Keyfood Supermarket; Kiehl'S; Kim'S Video; Krug Champagne; Liquid Sky Music; Luca & Marco; Lutron; M A C Cosmetics; MIRAMAX; Mac Cosmetics; Macdowell Colony; Maida/Legacy Media Inc; Make-Up Forever; Making Money Show; Malo; Mandell Food Services Inc; Marche Noir; Metro Channel Llc; Miramax International; Mont Blanc; Moviefone; New York One; New York Taxi Commission; Nextel Communicatons; Nike Communicatiosn; Oncore Productions; Palm Press; Panasonic Company; Pelco; Philosophy Cosmetics; Polaroid; Post 391; Premiere Gmbh & Co Kg; Psychotronic Video; R D Sparks Ltd; Rca; Recoton Corporation; Redken; Reebok Entertainment; Regal Un Plaza Hotel; Regent Bond Inc; Replay Jeans; Revillion; Right Track Recording; Simon Brown; Sky Rink; Sloss Eckhouse Lawco Llp; Sol 3 Records; Sound One; Subpop; Suzanne; Tag Hauer; Team Hamlet; The Effects House; The Film Collective; Thich Nhat Hanh; Timan; Tricycle The Buddhist Review; Usa Today; Videography Productions; Videomakers; Warner Bros. Records; Wired; World Of Video; Wpa Film Library; Yosun Merci; Yun-Fei Ji; Zeitgeist Films
Distribution Company
MIRAMAX; Bac Films Distribution; Film4 Productions; Filmfour; MIRAMAX; Miramax Home Entertainment
Location
New York City, New York, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 52m
Synopsis
New York City, 2000. Claudius is a high-profile media magnate running the Denmark Corporation following the death of his brother. Claudius' new wife, Gertrude, the widow of his brother and Hamlet's mother, is a poised and powerful socialite. Hamlet is in love with Ophelia, who lives in an East Village squat, never far from the disapproving eye of her father, Polonius, Claudius' chief consultant and spin doctor. When the ghost of Hamlet's father appears on Hamlet's hotel room terrace, demanding vengeance of his "foul murder," Hamlet is thrown into a turmoil of indecision, anguish and doubt.
Director
Michael Almereyda
Director
Cast
Ethan Hawke
Hamlet
Kyle Maclachlan
Claudius
Diane Venora
Gertrude
Sam Shepard
Ghost (Hamlet'S Father)
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 Wills Martin
Claudius' Bodyguard
Bernadette Jurkowski
Blockbuster Clerk
Robin Macneil
Player King
D J Dara
Special Guest Appearance
Sinead Dolan
Special Guest Appearance
Paul Ferriter
Special Guest Appearance
Larry Fessenden
Special Guest Appearance
Sarah Fiol
Special Guest Appearance
Tanya Gingerich
Special Guest Appearance
Paul Graham
Special Guest Appearance
Henry Griffin
Special Guest Appearance
India Reed Kotis
Special Guest Appearance
Ayun Halliday
Special Guest Appearance
Greg Kotis
Special Guest Appearance
Barry Manasch
Special Guest Appearance
Phillip Mckenney
Special Guest Appearance
Anne Nixon
Special Guest Appearance
Colin Puth
Special Guest Appearance
Charles Renfro
Special Guest Appearance
Giancarlo Roma
Special Guest Appearance
Thomas Roma
Special Guest Appearance
Kelly Millicent Sebastian
Special Guest Appearance
Sandra Park
Performer
Lisa Kim
Performer
Sharon Yamada
Performer
Bruno Eicher
Performer
Eugene Moye
Performer
Jeanne Leblanc
Performer
Gordon Gottlieb
Performer
Benjamin Herman
Performer
Bill Mays
Performer
Jeff Nelson
Leadman
India Kotis
Crew
Adam Aikara
Special Thanks
Ola Akinmowo
Art Department Coordinator
Michael Almereyda
Screenwriter
Michael Almereyda
Pixelvision Footage
Anna Alveng-kismaric
Special Thanks
Valerie D Archos
Camera Loader
Matthew Armstrong
Boom Operator
Ethan Barshay
Negative Assistant
Alex Batcha
Office Assistant
Arthur Batsidis
Special Thanks
Noah Baumbach
Special Thanks
John Beal
Bass
John Beal
Music
Brian Bell
Production Coordinator (Additional Photography)
Brian Bell
Assistant (To Andrew Fierberg & Amy Hobby)
Jamie Bishop
Special Thanks
Yael Bitton
Script Supervisor
Matt Blades
Best Boy Grip
Jason Blum
Executive Producer
Kristina Boden
Editor
Hugo Bonilla
Additional Grip
Linda Borgeson
Special Thanks
Johannes Brahms
Music ("Symphony No 1 1st Movement")
Rebecca Bregman
Assistant (To Andrew Fierberg & Amy Hobby)
Paul Brennan
Legal Services (Sloss Law Office)
Bobbi Brown
Special Thanks
Rick Bruck
Camera Car/Process Trailor (Additional Photography)
Giuliana Bruno
Special Thanks
James S Buckman
Driver
Robert Buckman
Other
William Buckman
Driver
Jaleel Bunton
Scenic Artist
Jaleel Bunton
Scenic Artist
Carter Burwell
Music; Music Orchestrator & Conductor
Jose Cabrera
Additional Set Production Assistant
Stephen Carr
Assistant Location Manager
Carolyn Castagna
Scenic Artist
Marco Cattoretti
Costume Designer
Marco Cattoretti
Wardrobe Designer
Nick Cave
Song ("Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)")
Renato Cavero
Special Thanks
Jesse Champ
Set Production Assistant
Louis Chang-chien
Grip Intern
Aryn Chapman
2nd Assistant Camera (Additional Photography)
Lori Cheatle
Special Thanks
Matthew Chilsen
Location Manager (Additional Photography)
Paula Chudd
Set Production Assistant
Elizabeth Clark
Special Thanks
Bill Coelius
Special Thanks
Jim Cohen
Other
Tim Coleman
Second 2nd Assistant Director (Additional Photography)
Marine Penvern Collins
Scenic Artist
David Conelli
Driver
Jennifer Connelly
Special Thanks
Sam Connelly
Assistant (To Ethan Hawke)
Nicholas Cords
Other
Brent Cox
Legal Services (Sloss Law Office)
Byron Crystal
Extras Casting
Jesse Cummings
Video Engineer
John De Borman
Director Of Photography
Mike Decker
Additional Boom Operator
Peter Deming
Special Thanks
Jim Denault
Director Of Photography (Additional Photography)
Aaron Deneberg
Negative Cutter
Jeanne Develle
Art Director
Mauro Dignitoso
Special Thanks
Anne Dixon
Special Thanks
Lorrie Ann Dobbins
Additional Hair Artist
Gerald Donlan
Additional Sound Editor
Stacy Doyle
Special Thanks
Joshua Drew
Set Dresser
Jefrey Dubard
Special Thanks
Maureen Duffy
Other
Chris Dugger
Special Thanks
Adam Duritz
Special Thanks
Frank Durso
Special Thanks
Bob Dylan
Song ("All Along The Watchtower")
Dan Edelstein
Additional Sound Editor
David Edelstein
Special Thanks
Skye Edwards
Songs ("Let Me See" "Big Calm")
John Erbes
Key Grip
Roky Erickson
Song ("Slip Inside The House")
Stephen M Evans
Additional Office Assistant
Jeffrey Everett
Set Dresser
Stacy Fabrikant
Special Thanks
Brant Fagan
Steadicam Operator
Russell Farmarco
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Russell Farmarco
Adr Mixer
Michael Farrow
Music Scoring Engineer
Arlen Fast
Bassoon
Tony Faulkner
Special Thanks
David Ferdinand
Special Thanks
Gianfranco Ferre
Special Thanks
Larry Fessenden
Special Thanks
Andrew Fierberg
Producer
Carrie Fix
Production Coordinator (Additional Photography)
Carrie Fix
2nd Assistant Director
Jack Flanagan
Property Master
Krista Floren
Special Thanks (Yosun Merci)
Betty Floyd
Scenic Artist
Janar Floyd
Scenic Artist
Steve Flynn
Special Thanks
Matthew Ford
Best Boy Electric (Additional Photography)
Stuart Ford
Special Thanks
Philip Fowman
Special Thanks
George Frazier
Additional Electrician
Jeanne Freeman Bishop
Special Thanks
Karen Friedman
Special Thanks
Nanine Funiciello
Special Thanks
Jason Furlow
Song ("Big Calm")
Wilhelm Gade Niels
Music ("Echoes Of Ossian Op No 1 In A Minor")
Jennifer Galvelis
Wardrobe Supervisor (Additional Photography)
Jennifer Galvelis
Wardrobe Assistant Supervisor
Elliot Gamson
Other
James Gettinger
Animator
Mario Gil
Special Thanks
Isabel Gillies
Special Thanks
Hildie Ginsberg
Key Hair/Makeup Artist
Maxime Giordani
Assistant Property Master
Paul Godfrey
Songs ("Let Me See" "Big Calm")
Ross Godfrey
Songs ("Let Me See" "Big Calm")
Al Goldstein
Special Thanks (Midnight Blue)
Matt Goodspeed
Additional Set Production Assistant
Rachel Gordon
Additional Office Assistant; Office Assistant
Ann Goulder
Special Thanks
Paul Graham
Special Thanks
Marcy Granata
Special Thanks
Callum Greene
Line Producer
Henry Griffin
Special Thanks
Larry Gross
Special Thanks
Alex Gruzdev
Re-Recording Mixer
David Guc
Special Thanks
Tim Guffin
Additional Assistant Camera
Melissa Guimaraes
Grip
John Hadity
Special Thanks
Matthew D Hale
Best Boy Grip (Additional Photography)
Tommy Hall
Song ("Slip Inside The House")
Thomas Hanna
Location Manager
Tom Hanna
Special Thanks
Dawn Hannay
Other
David Harges
Additional Grip
Jared Harris
Special Thanks
Ethan Hawke
Pixelvision Footage
Sandy Hays
Steadicam Operator
Kiernan Hebdan
Song ("Calamine")
Clark Henderson
Special Thanks
John Herron
Director Of Photography (Additional Photography)
Alexis Hilton
Special Thanks
Amy Hobby
Producer
Alan Hostetter
Gaffer (Additional Photography)
Halie Hourabit
Makeup Intern
Roland Howard
Song ("Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)")
Scott Hull
Fencing Coach
Michael Hurley
Song Performer ("Wildegeeses")
Michael Hurley
Song
Serosh Hussein
1st Assistant Camera (Additional Photography)
Steve Hutensky
Miramax Business & Legal Affairs
Kevin Hyman
Special Thanks
Chris Jeely
Song ("Greentone")
Curt Jentsch
Additional Electrician
Chrisitan Jimenez
Office Intern (Additional Photography)
Drew Jiritano
Effects Coordinator
Beverly Joel
Title Designer
Heather Johnson
Special Thanks
Jon Mark Johnson
Other
Elliot Jokelson
Additional Office Assistant
Kent Jones
Special Thanks
Orada Jusatayanond
Sound Editor
Steve Kasow
Assistant Music Editor
Todd Kasow
Music Editor
Anthony G. Katagas
Production Manager
Dr. Louis Katz
Special Thanks
Stuart Kaufman
Additional Grip
Hiromi Kawanishi
Unit Publicist
Spencer Kayden
Special Thanks
Stephan Kelian
Special Thanks
Nils Kenaston
2nd Camera (Additional Photography)
Matthew Killip
Office Intern
Susan Kismaric
Special Thanks
Eartha Kitt
Special Thanks
Lewis Klahr
Other
George Klimis
Special Thanks
Steven Kometani
Grip & Electric Swing
Jansen Lambie
Additional Boom Operator
Matt Landon
Special Thanks
Matthew Landon
Special Thanks To
Tara Landry
Additional Electrician
Jennifer Lane
Post-Production Supervisor
Matthew Langdon
Special Thanks
Magic Lantern
Unit Publicist
Classic Laundry
Special Thanks
Marvel Cisse Laurent
Scenic Artist
Jack Lechner
Special Thanks
Ai Ling Lee
Sound Editor
Francesca Leoni
Special Thanks
Darlene Liebman
Production Coordinator
Kristin Linklater
Special Thanks
Richard Linklater
Special Thanks
Davien Littlefield
Special Thanks
Franz Lizst
Music ("Hamlet Symphonic Poem No 8")
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
2000
Production Company
1-800-Flowers; 1010 Wins; American Airlines; Arrow Film Distributors; Artist Rights Society; Aveda; Axium International; Bang & Olufsen, Inc.; Bank Of Austria; Bankers Trust Company; Bar 13; Bernardaud; Billy; Bipack Inc.; Blanc Antiques; Blockbuster Llc; Bloomberg; British Film Institute; Budget Films Inc; Bulgari; Byblos; CNN; Caroline Records; Catpics Coproductions Ltd; Cbs Studios; Chemical Brothers; Cristofle; Crown Gotham; Cypress Hills; Dexter Shoes; Diva Limousines; Dooney & Bourke; Double A Films; E! Networks; Fast Images; Febres; Film Comment; Film Finances, Inc.; Flatotel International; Frette; Funhouse Studio Inc; Generator By George; Getty Images; Ghiradelli Chocolates; Gilette Company; Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch; Gran Finale; Guaranteed Media Inc; Hamlet Inc; Harper Hug; Homer Restaurant; Hopkins Smith Casting, Llc; Hugo Boss; Immaculate Matching Inc; Jennifer; John F Kennedy Airport; Jvc Entertainment Inc; Kapsis Inc; Kaufman Astoria Studios; Kerry Productions; Keyfood Supermarket; Kiehl'S; Kim'S Video; Krug Champagne; Liquid Sky Music; Luca & Marco; Lutron; M A C Cosmetics; MIRAMAX; Mac Cosmetics; Macdowell Colony; Maida/Legacy Media Inc; Make-Up Forever; Making Money Show; Malo; Mandell Food Services Inc; Marche Noir; Metro Channel Llc; Miramax International; Mont Blanc; Moviefone; New York One; New York Taxi Commission; Nextel Communicatons; Nike Communicatiosn; Oncore Productions; Palm Press; Panasonic Company; Pelco; Philosophy Cosmetics; Polaroid; Post 391; Premiere Gmbh & Co Kg; Psychotronic Video; R D Sparks Ltd; Rca; Recoton Corporation; Redken; Reebok Entertainment; Regal Un Plaza Hotel; Regent Bond Inc; Replay Jeans; Revillion; Right Track Recording; Simon Brown; Sky Rink; Sloss Eckhouse Lawco Llp; Sol 3 Records; Sound One; Subpop; Suzanne; Tag Hauer; Team Hamlet; The Effects House; The Film Collective; Thich Nhat Hanh; Timan; Tricycle The Buddhist Review; Usa Today; Videography Productions; Videomakers; Warner Bros. Records; Wired; World Of Video; Wpa Film Library; Yosun Merci; Yun-Fei Ji; Zeitgeist Films
Distribution Company
MIRAMAX; Bac Films Distribution; Film4 Productions; Filmfour; MIRAMAX; Miramax Home Entertainment
Location
New York City, New York, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 52m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States August 2000
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States March 2000
Released in United States May 2000
Released in United States on Video November 14, 2000
Released in United States Spring May 12, 2000
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) in Cannes, France May 10-21, 2000.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition/ Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2000.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Critics' Choice) January 24 - February 4, 2001.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Closing Night) April 20 - May 4, 2000.
Shown at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas March 10-18, 2000.
Began shooting October 1, 1998.
Completed shooting November 16, 1998.
Double-A is the production company of Andrew Fierberg and Amy Hobby.
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Closing Night) April 20 - May 4, 2000.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Critics' Choice) January 24 - February 4, 2001.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 20-30, 2000.)
Released in United States March 2000 (Shown at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas March 10-18, 2000.)
Released in United States May 2000 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) in Cannes, France May 10-21, 2000.)
Released in United States Spring May 12, 2000
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition/ Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video November 14, 2000
