Hamlet

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With a daring and depth few of his American contemporaries seem prepared to match, Kevin Kline stars in and directs "Hamlet" for the New York Shakespeare Festival. Now with the felicitous addition of Kirk Browning as co-director, he has brought his indelible "Hamlet" to television where, as The New York ... Times stated, "It is eloquent, moving and at times thrilling. The shrewdly edited version uses tight close-ups and captures small crowd scenes without a sense of confinement. The teleplay flows with commendable grace from beginning to end, all urged on by Kline's intelligent interpretation."
  • Starring: Kevin Kline, Diane Venora
  • Directed by: Kevin Kline
  • Runtime: 2 hours 53 minutes
  • Studio: Egami Media
 
  
 
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Synopsis: With a daring and depth few of his American contemporaries seem prepared to match, Kevin Kline stars in and directs "Hamlet" for the New York Shakespeare Festival. Now with the felicitous addition of Kirk Browning as co-director, he has brought his indelible "Hamlet" to television where, as The New York Times stated, "It is eloquent, moving and at times thrilling. The shrewdly edited version uses tight close-ups and captures small crowd scenes without a sense of confinement. The teleplay flows with commendable grace from beginning to end, all urged on by Kline's intelligent interpretation."
Starring: Kevin Kline, Diane Venora
Supporting actors: Josef Sommer, Brian Murray, Dana Ivey
Directed by: Kevin Kline
Runtime: 2 hours 53 minutes
Studio: Egami Media
ASIN: B000W0YBWQ (Rental) and B000W0QXAE (Purchase)
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  • Production Company: New York Shakespeare Festival, WNET Channel 13 New York
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5.0 out of 5 stars From the Broadway theater archive - Kevin Kline, June 22, 2008
This review is from: Hamlet (Amazon Instant Video)
William Shakespeare's Hamlet directed and starring Kevin Kline.
We have seen this play many times, sometimes abridged, and many adoptions by various artists and groups, such as Sir Laurence Oliver, Richard Burton, Dame Judith Anderson, Nicol Williamson, Richard Chamberlain, Derek Jacobi, Campbell Scott, Mel Gibson, even (icky poo) Ethan Hawke. Each brings a unique plus that makes it hard to say which is best. And threatened to be played by Shelley Long in "Outrageous Fortune"

That said Kevin Kline is top notch. One attribute is that this version seemingly uncut is spoken clear. Maybe because it is a stage version filmed close enough that they did not have to shout.
When Kevin builds up in the close-up, you forget all the trivial things like Hamlets age. Moreover, you actually feel that you are there.

Prince Hamlet loses his father the king. It is unnerving to him that his mother should marry his uncle so soon that the funeral baked meat set the wedding table. Then comes the shocker. His father's ghost suggested that the uncle and wife did him in while asleep. How will hamlet handle this news and what consequence will it have on the people around him?

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