Hamlet

 

 Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Bill Murray, Julia Stiles
Miramax Films; Directed by Michael Almereyda
Rated R; 111 minutes; 2000		  
Corporate bigwigs are royalty and New York City skyscrapers are 21st century castles in this edgy adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy. Uncle Claudius claims Hamlet's mother as his queen and Denmark Corporation as his domain after murdering Hamlet's father. A bloody string of revenge murders ensues when Hamlet's plot to kill Claudius and recover Denmark Corporation backfires.

 

 "Genius."
--Stephen Hunter, WASHINGTON POST

"Groundbreaking work."
--Wesley Morris, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
  

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