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The setting is New York City in the year 2000, providing an instant entree to a new generation of filmgoers. Hamlet is born of an alienation and angst not unfamiliar to young audiences. Denmark is not a kingdom but a huge corporation, and the ghost of his father appears to him on the terrace of his sterile metropolitan hotel. The famous 'to be or not to be' speech is delivered under the glare of fluorescent lights in the aisles of a video store. It seems as if once again, this version of the classic tragedy resonates with its true meaning: one man's youthful idealism destroyed by the knowledge of his world's corruption.

Production
double A Films;

Cast Names
Ethan Hawke; Kyle MacLachlan; Diane Venora; Sam Shepard; Bill Murray; Liev Schreiber; Julia Stiles; Karl Geary; Paula Malcomson; Steve Zahn; Dechen Thurman; Rome Neal; Jeffrey Wright; Paul Bartel; Casey Affleck; Robert Thurman; Tim Blake Nelson; John Wills Martin; Bernadette Jurkowski; Robert MacNeil; D.J. Dara; Sinead Dolan; Paul Ferriter; Larry Fessenden; Sarah Fiol; Tanya Gingerich; Paul Graham; Henry Griffin; India Reed Kotis; Ayun Halliday; Greg Kotis; Barry Manasch; Philip McKenney; Anne Nixon; Colin Puth; Charles Renfro; Giancarlo Roma; Thomas Roma; Kelly Sebastian;

Box Office
USD 1,568,749

Release Date
2000-01-24 (Sundance Film Festival)
2000-05-12 (Los Angeles, California)
2000-05-12 (New York City, New York)

Genres
Drama; Romance; Thriller;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for some violence.

Running Time
1 hr. 52 min.

Director
Michael Almereyda

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Hamlet movie overview