"Branagh set the film with Victorian era costuming and furnishings; and Blenheim Palace, built in the early 18th century, became Elsinore Castle in the external scenes. The film is structured as an epic and makes frequent use of flashbacks to highlight elements not made explicit in the play: Hamlet's sexual relationship with Kate Winslet's Ophelia, for example, or his childhood affection for Ken Dodd's Yorick. In 2000, Michael Almereyda set the story in contemporary Manhattan, with Ethan Hawke playing Hamlet as a film student. Claudius became the CEO of ""Denmark Corporation"", having taken over the company by killing his brother."
"Hamlet (2000 film) Hamlet, also known as Hamlet 2000, is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Michael Almereyda, set in contemporary New York City, and based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. Ethan Hawke plays Hamlet as a film student, Kyle MacLachlan co-stars as Uncle Claudius, with Diane Venora as Gertrude, Liev Schreiber as Laertes, Julia Stiles as Ophelia, Steve Zahn as Rosencrantz, Bill Murray as Polonius, and Sam Shepard as Hamlet's father. In this version of ""Hamlet"", Claudius ""king"", of ""Denmark Corporation"", having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet's father. This"
"serious student of comedy and history, and was interested in Sigmund Freud and Henri Bergson's analysis of humour. Occasionally, he appeared in dramatic roles, including Malvolio in William Shakespeare's ""Twelfth Night"" on stage in Liverpool in 1971; on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 ""Doctor Who"" story ""Delta and the Bannermen""; as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"" in 1996; and as Mr. Mouse in the 1999 television movie adaptation of ""Alice in Wonderland"". Dodd was renowned for the length of his performances, and during the 1960s he earned"
"Yorick Yorick is a character in William Shakespeare's play ""Hamlet"". He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet’s upbringing: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I"
"its entirety. Consequently, the role of Fortinbras is sometimes omitted, as it was in the 1948 film starring Laurence Olivier, in the 1969 film starring Nicol Williamson, and the 1990 film starring Mel Gibson. He was included, however, in the 1921 Svend Gade and Heinz Schall directed German silent film ""Hamlet"" and portrayed by Fritz Achterberg, in the 1964 Broadway revival, which was later filmed as Richard Burton's ""Hamlet"", in the 1980 BBC Shakespeare television production starring Derek Jacobi, in the 1996 film starring Kenneth Branagh and the 2000 film starring Ethan Hawke, although in the 2000 film, he is"
"films have been described as ""sensual rather than cerebral"", cast Mel Gibson—then famous for the ""Mad Max"" and ""Lethal Weapon"" movies—in the title role of his 1990 version; Glenn Close—then famous as the psychotic ""other woman"" in ""Fatal Attraction""—played Gertrude, and Paul Scofield played Hamlet's father. In contrast to Zeffirelli, whose ""Hamlet"" was heavily cut, Kenneth Branagh adapted, directed, and starred in a 1996 version containing every word of Shakespeare's play, combining the material from the F1 and Q2 texts. Branagh's ""Hamlet"" runs for just over four hours. Branagh set the film with late 19th-century costuming and furnishings, a production"
"his final duel with Laertes. In 2008, Tchaikowsky's skull was used by David Tennant in an RSC production of ""Hamlet"" at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. It was later announced that the skull had been replaced after it became apparent that news of the skull distracted the audience too much from the play. This was untrue however, and the skull was used as a prop throughout the run of the production after its move to London's West End. Yorick appears as a principal character in the novel ""The Skull of Truth"" by Bruce Coville. Yorick Yorick is a character in William"
"structured as an epic, courting comparison with ""Ben Hur"", ""The Ten Commandments"" and ""Doctor Zhivago"". As J. Lawrence Guntner points out, comparisons with the latter film are heightened by the presence of Julie Christie (""Zhivago's"" Lara) as Gertrude. The film makes frequent use of flashbacks to dramatise elements that are not performed in Shakespeare's text, such as Hamlet's sexual relationship with Kate Winslet's Ophelia. These flashbacks include performances by several famous actors in non-speaking roles: Yorick is played by Ken Dodd, Old Norway by John Mills and John Gielgud as Priam and Judi Dench as Hecuba in a dramatisation of"
"The Hunchback (1997 film) The Hunchback is a 1997 New Zealand fantasy television film based on Victor Hugo's iconic 1831 novel ""The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"", directed by Peter Medak and produced by Stephane Reichel. It stars Richard Harris as Claude Frollo, Salma Hayek as Esmeralda and Mandy Patinkin as Quasimodo, the titular hunchback of Notre Dame. In 1480 Paris, Dom Claude Frollo finds an abandoned, deformed baby boy on the steps of Notre Dame and takes pity on him, believing him to be sent by God. He names the baby ""Quasimodo"", and raises him as his son. Twenty-five years later,"
"used during rehearsals for a 1989 RSC production of ""Hamlet"" starring Mark Rylance, but the company eventually decided to use a replica skull in the performance. Musical director Claire van Kampen, who later married Rylance, recalled: Although Tchaikowsky's skull was not used in the performances of this production, its use during rehearsals affected some interpretations and line readings: for example, Rylance delivered the line ""That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once"" with especial reproach. In this production, Hamlet retained Yorick's skull throughout subsequent scenes, and it was eventually placed on a mantelpiece as a ""talisman"" during"
"film adaptation of ""Hamlet"". In Kenneth Branagh's 1996 film version of ""Hamlet"", Claudius is played by Derek Jacobi. Jacobi had not only been Branagh's mentor as an actor, but had previously played Hamlet himself with Patrick Stewart playing Claudius in a BBC production. In Michael Almereyda's 2000 film version of ""Hamlet"", Claudius is played by Kyle MacLachlan. Patrick Stewart once again portrayed Claudius with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2008, in a production directed by Gregory Doran. Claudius also inspired the character Miraz in C.S. Lewis' novel ""Prince Caspian"", part of ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series. Ron Perlman portrays Clay"
"1972 and on TV in 1973, Patrick Stewart in 1965 at the Theatre Royal, Bristol and 1978. In addition, Stewart developed a one-man show """" and produced it while acting in the role in 1987 and 2001. Al Pacino acted as Shylock in a 2004 feature film version as well as in Central Park in 2010. F. Murray Abraham played this character at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2006. In 2015 and 2016, David Serero plays Shylock in New York at the Center for Jewish History. Jonathan Pryce played the role in the Globe theatre in the summer of 2015."
"has the disadvantage that in the Folio the length of time Yorick has been in the ground is said to be twenty-three years, meaning that he had been dead seven years by the time Hamlet was born. Another theory offered is that the play was originally written with the view that Hamlet was 16 or 17, but since Shakespeare wrote his plays to be performed, and not read, these lines were likely changed so Burbage (who was almost always the protagonist in Shakespeare's plays) could play the role. Below are listed some of the notable acting portrayals of Hamlet. In"
"Stephen Tobolowsky Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and musician. He is known for film roles such as annoying insurance agent Ned Ryerson in ""Groundhog Day"" and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in ""Memento"", as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry (""Deadwood""), Bob Bishop (""Heroes""), Sandy Ryerson (""Glee""), Stu Beggs (""Californication"" and ""White Famous""), and Action Jack Barker (""Silicon Valley""). Tobolowsky has a monthly audio podcast, ""The Tobolowsky Files"", of autobiographical stories of his acting and personal life. In 2015, he co-hosted a short-lived second podcast, ""Big Problems – An Advice Podcast"", with"
"Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor and singer. His roles include the title character in ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), the voice of the adult Simba in Disney's ""The Lion King"" trilogy (1994–2004), David Lightman in the Cold War thriller ""WarGames"" (1983), and Leo Bloom in the Broadway production of ""The Producers"" (2005), and John Brown in Inspector Gadget (1999). Broderick has won two Tony Awards, one for Best Featured Actor in a Play for ""Brighton Beach Memoirs"" (1983), and one for Best Actor in a Musical for ""How to Succeed in Business Without"
"York at MCC Theater in 1996. The play was later made into a film of the same title by producer Tim Blake Nelson. The film took its mood, as well as much of its plot, from Nyiszli, portraying members of the ""Sonderkommando"" as crossing the line from victim to perpetrator, as when ""Sonderkommando"" Hoffman (played by David Arquette) beats a man to death in the undressing room under the eyes of a smiling SS member. Nelson makes it clear that the subject of the film is that very moral ambiguity. “We can see each one of ourselves in that situation,"
"stories, in a similar fashion to Tobolowsky's film ""Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party"". The show was picked up by Public Radio International in 2012. Stephen Tobolowsky Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and musician. He is known for film roles such as annoying insurance agent Ned Ryerson in ""Groundhog Day"" and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in ""Memento"", as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry (""Deadwood""), Bob Bishop (""Heroes""), Sandy Ryerson (""Glee""), Stu Beggs (""Californication"" and ""White Famous""), and Action Jack Barker (""Silicon Valley""). Tobolowsky has a monthly audio podcast, ""The Tobolowsky Files"", of"
"had at his disposal at the Haymarket Theatre. The production was remounted for a season at the Battersea Arts Centre in 1998. Composer James McConnel was commissioned to compose a score for ""Inkle'n Yarico"" in 1997, and this was performed at the 1999 Edinburgh Festival starring Michael McCarthy (Inkle) and Natalie Tinn (Yarico). In 2006, another reconstruction of Arnold's original opera was performed by Opera East at Magdalene College, Cambridge, conducted by Oliver Gooch and directed by Alistair Boag. The libretto was prepared by Richard Luckett and the score was orchestrated by Benjamin Chewter, again for the forces that Samuel"
"Alas! Poor Yorick! Alas! Poor Yorick! is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. The film's title is taken from the Shakespeare play ""Hamlet"". The film was both written and directed by Colin Campbell, and was released on April 21, 1913. A mental patient, who in his mind is an amazing actor, escapes from a psychiatric hospital. Every theater manager in town is notified and the first man that causes suspicion is Montgomery Irving, a poor actor in disgrace who honestly looks and acts crazy. He applies for the position, but he doesn't understand why he is arrested"
"without any reason, when he was about to destroy the house the manager is informed that the real patient was captured somewhere else. Alas! Poor Yorick! Alas! Poor Yorick! is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. The film's title is taken from the Shakespeare play ""Hamlet"". The film was both written and directed by Colin Campbell, and was released on April 21, 1913. A mental patient, who in his mind is an amazing actor, escapes from a psychiatric hospital. Every theater manager in town is notified and the first man that causes suspicion is Montgomery Irving, a"
"Robert Lorick Robert Lorick (died January 2016) was a lyricist, actor, and writer, best known as a Broadway lyricist and for his work portraying Jack Flanders, the lead character in a series of ZBS Foundation audio adventures produced from 1972 until Lorick's death in 2016. In 1972, Lorick made his debut as a lyricist with the Off-Broadway musical ""Hark!"" at the Mercer-O'Casey Theatre. In the 1980s, he wrote the lyrics for the Broadway show ""The Tap Dance Kid"", which ran for 669 performances (Dec 83-Aug 85) at the Broadhurst Theatre (capacity 1150) and the Minskoff Theatre (capacity 1620), New York"
"1996, at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for 188 performances. It starred starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Winnifred, David Aaron Baker as Dauntless, Lewis Cleale as Sir Harry, Heath Lamberts as the King, Tom Alan Robbins as the Wizard, David Hibbard as the Jester, Tom Alan Robbins as Master Merton and Jane Krakowski as Lady Larken. The production was nominated for the 1997 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The musical opened Off-Broadway, produced by the Transport Group, at the Abrons Arts Center on December 13, 2015 for a limited run which ended on January 3, 2016. Directed"
"kidney dialysis. Robert Lorick Robert Lorick (died January 2016) was a lyricist, actor, and writer, best known as a Broadway lyricist and for his work portraying Jack Flanders, the lead character in a series of ZBS Foundation audio adventures produced from 1972 until Lorick's death in 2016. In 1972, Lorick made his debut as a lyricist with the Off-Broadway musical ""Hark!"" at the Mercer-O'Casey Theatre. In the 1980s, he wrote the lyrics for the Broadway show ""The Tap Dance Kid"", which ran for 669 performances (Dec 83-Aug 85) at the Broadhurst Theatre (capacity 1150) and the Minskoff Theatre (capacity 1620),"
"director Michael Almereyda, who previously collaborated on the 2000 film ""Hamlet"", re-teamed for the film ""Cymbeline"", in which Hawke plays Iachimo. The film is set in the context of urban gang warfare. Ed Harris takes the title role. Penn Badgley plays the orphan Posthumus; Milla Jovovich plays the role of the Queen; Anton Yelchin is Cloten; and Dakota Johnson plays the role of Imogen. An operatic adaptation by American composer Christopher Berg exists; scenes were performed in 2009. The 'Song' from Act II, Scene 3 ""(Hark, hark! the lark)"" was set to music by Franz Schubert in 1826. Perhaps the"
"York ""Daily News"" concluding, ""Hawke—continuing an evolution toward stronger, more intense acting than anyone might've predicted from him 20 years ago—drives the movie."" In the 2011 television adaptation of Herman Melville's ""Moby-Dick"", Hawke played the role of Starbuck, the first officer to William Hurt's Captain Ahab. He then starred opposite Kristin Scott Thomas in Paweł Pawlikowski's ""The Woman in the Fifth"", a ""lush puzzler"" about an American novelist struggling to rebuild his life in Paris. In 2012, Hawke entered the horror genre for the first time, by playing a true crime writer in Scott Derrickson's ""Sinister"", which grossed US$87 million"
"wanted to play Quasimodo for real,"" says Patinkin, who won a Tony for """"Evita"""" and an Emmy for CBS' """"Chicago Hope""."" But the producers wanted something different. ""They had their own Disney needs,"" he explains. ""I just right there at the audition said, 'I can't do this.' "" The Hunchback (1997 film) The Hunchback is a 1997 New Zealand fantasy television film based on Victor Hugo's iconic 1831 novel ""The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"", directed by Peter Medak and produced by Stephane Reichel. It stars Richard Harris as Claude Frollo, Salma Hayek as Esmeralda and Mandy Patinkin as Quasimodo, the titular"
"famously mentioned in ""Hamlet"", in which a group of travelling actors has left the city due to rivalry with a troupe of ""little eyases"" (unfledged hawks). Eileen Herlie portrayed Gertrude in Laurence Olivier's 1948 ""Hamlet"". Glenn Close played mother to Mel Gibson in the Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 ""Hamlet"". Julie Christie appeared as Gertrude in Kenneth Branagh's 1996 ""Hamlet"". Despite her classical training as an actor, it was her first-ever venture into Shakespeare. In Michael Almereyda's 2000 ""Hamlet"", Ethan Hawke plays Hamlet as a film student, while Diane Venora portrays Gertrude, wife to the former and present CEOs of ""Denmark Corporation""."
"some of its best comedic moments. The fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern had been included in the 1969 Nicol Williamson – Tony Richardson ""Hamlet"" and the 1990 Mel Gibson/Franco Zeffirelli version, both of which are shorter than Olivier's, did not help Olivier's rationale that the play needed such drastic cuts to work on screen. In contrast, Kenneth Branagh's 1996 film version of the complete ""Hamlet"" included everything that Olivier had omitted. However, the parts of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (and also Osric) are considerably reduced in the Richardson and Zeffirelli versions, and Branagh's version is almost 90 minutes longer than Olivier's"
"Handel's Last Chance Handel's Last Chance is a 1996 Devine Entertainment film created by David Devine and Richard Mozer for HBO Original Films of New York. The film was directed by Milan Cheylov. It stars Leon Pownall as George Frideric Handel, Tod Fennell as Jamie, Gerard Parkes as Jonathan Swift, Seana McKenna as Mary, and Cody Jones as Wee Hugh Brannigan. Devine Entertainment's ""Handel's Last Chance"" is set in 1742 Dublin, where 10-year-old Jamie O'Flaherty and the brilliant composer George Frideric Handel live. Jamie, who comes from a very poor family, has been arrested for stealing and is thrown into"
"Jack (1996 film) Jack is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film co-stars Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Bill Cosby, and Brian Kerwin. Williams plays the role of Jack Powell, a boy who ages four times faster than normal as a result of Werner syndrome, a form of progeria. The film begins as Karen Powell (Diane Lane) goes into labor during a Halloween party and is rushed to the hospital by her husband, Brian (Brian Kerwin), and their friends. Although the delivery is successful, the baby is extremely premature, born"
"Zachary Quinto Zachary John Quinto (; born June 2, 1977) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his roles as Sylar on the science fiction drama series ""Heroes"" (2006–2010), Spock in the reboot ""Star Trek"" (2009) and its sequels ""Star Trek Into Darkness"" (2013) and ""Star Trek Beyond"" (2016), as well as his Emmy nominated performance in """". His other film roles include ""Margin Call"", ""What's Your Number?"", """", ""Snowden"", and ""Hotel Artemis"". He also appeared in smaller roles on television series such as ""So NoTORIous"", ""The Slap"", and ""24"". Quinto was born in Pittsburgh,"
"Constable 'Clarky' Clarke in the 2009 film ""Sherlock Holmes"" alongside Robert Downey, Jr and Jude Law, directed by Guy Ritchie (credited as William Houston), and reprised the role in the 2011 sequel """". He worked with From Software to voice cast as ""King Vendrick"" in the DLC trilogy for the 2009 video game ""Dark Souls 2"" and its rerelease ""Scholar of the First Sin"". He to voice NPCs Retired Hunter Djura and the Gatekeeper in ""Bloodborne"" in 2015, and the optional boss enemy ""Ocieros, the Consumed King"" in ""Dark Souls III"" in 2016. William Houston (actor) William Houston (born 19"
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. The 34th Disney animated feature film, the film is based on the 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. The plot centers on Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, and his struggle to gain acceptance into society. Directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale and produced by Don Hahn, the film's voice cast features Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David"