Hamlet

Name: Hamlet
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1990-12-19
Duration: 2 h 10 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm

The extraordinary adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tale of vengeance and tragedy.

Hamlet (1990)

Timing: 2:10 (130 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Watch film Hamlet | Mel Gibson in Hamlet 1990 TV trailer

Release date

1990-12-19

Country

France, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Canal+, Carolco Pictures, Icon Productions, Nelson Entertainment, Sovereign Pictures

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$13 500 000

Revenue

$20 710 451

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Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Actors

Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Dillane, Nathaniel Parker, Sean Murray, Michael Maloney
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Dyson Lovell, Bruce Davey

Operator

David Watkin

Composer

Ennio Morricone

Artist

Audition

Joyce Nettles

Editing

Richard Marden
All team (17)

Short description

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

What's left behind the scenes

Director Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019) wanted Mel Gibson to play the lead role, after seeing him in Richard Donner's action film *Lethal Weapon* (1987).
Mel Gibson founded Icon Productions to finance this film, as no major studio wanted to invest in a project based on a Shakespearean tragedy.

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