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Criterion LaserDiscs Hamlet 1948 Rare Criterion LaserDisc #296 Olivier Drama

Hamlet 1948 Rare Criterion LaserDisc #296 Olivier Drama

Rare LaserDisc Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket with several large splits

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Hamlet 1948 Rare Criterion LaserDisc #296 Olivier Drama

Rare LaserDisc Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket with several large splits

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David Tennant, Patrick Stewart in...

Hamlet

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1448L )
(1.33:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Hamlet
1948 - 136 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of "the man who could not make up his mind." In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son Hamlet that Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, was responsible for murdering the king. When the murderer married Hamlet's mother--the king's widow--scarcely two months after his funeral, he also took the throne that was his brother's. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him--yet Hamlet procrastinates, unsure of how best to accomplish his task. In what was only his second directorial effort, Olivier uses his misty, moody set and long tracking camera shots to complement his indecisive prince tortured by the murder of his father. Olivier's version of the Shakespeare tragedy eliminates the characters of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Fortinbras.

Cast for Hamlet

Laurence Olivier
Jean Simmons
Eileen Herlie
Basil Sydney
Norman Wooland
Felix Aylmer
Terence Morgan
Anthony Quayle
Esmond Knight
John Laurie
Niall MacGinnis
Harcourt Williams
Patrick Troughton
Tony Tarver
Peter Cushing
Stanley Holloway
Russell Thorndike

Crew for Hamlet

Producer Reginald Beck
Producer Anthony Bushell
Producer Laurence Olivier
Cinematographer Desmond Dickinson
Composer William Walton
Director Laurence Olivier
Editor Helga Cranston
Alan Dent
Elizabeth Everson
Alexander Korda
Dennis Loraine
David Paltenghi
Writer William Shakespeare

Feature Details

Title: Hamlet
Feature Release Date: 1948
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Color
Runtime: 136 Minutes
Chapters: 29
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 3 Apr 1996
Catalog Number: CC1448L
UPC: 0715515007436
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1448L
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Rare LaserDisc

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket with several large splits

David Tennant, Patrick Stewart in...

Hamlet

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1448L )
(1.33:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

LaserDiscs

Hamlet
1948 - 136 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of "the man who could not make up his mind." In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son Hamlet that Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, was responsible for murdering the king. When the murderer married Hamlet's mother--the king's widow--scarcely two months after his funeral, he also took the throne that was his brother's. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him--yet Hamlet procrastinates, unsure of how best to accomplish his task. In what was only his second directorial effort, Olivier uses his misty, moody set and long tracking camera shots to complement his indecisive prince tortured by the murder of his father. Olivier's version of the Shakespeare tragedy eliminates the characters of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Fortinbras.

Cast for Hamlet

Laurence Olivier
Jean Simmons
Eileen Herlie
Basil Sydney
Norman Wooland
Felix Aylmer
Terence Morgan
Anthony Quayle
Esmond Knight
John Laurie
Niall MacGinnis
Harcourt Williams
Patrick Troughton
Tony Tarver
Peter Cushing
Stanley Holloway
Russell Thorndike

Crew for Hamlet

Producer Reginald Beck
Producer Anthony Bushell
Producer Laurence Olivier
Cinematographer Desmond Dickinson
Composer William Walton
Director Laurence Olivier
Editor Helga Cranston
Alan Dent
Elizabeth Everson
Alexander Korda
Dennis Loraine
David Paltenghi
Writer William Shakespeare

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