Mel Gibson	Hamlet
Glenn Close	Gertrude
Alan Bates	Claudius
Helena Bonham Carter	Ophelia
Ian Holm	Polonius
Stephen Dillane	Horatio
Nathaniel Parker	Laertes
Christopher Fairbank	Player Queen
Pete Postlethwaite	Player King
Paul Scofield	The Ghost
Sean Murray	Guildenstern
Michael Maloney	Rosencrantz

Director	Franco Zeffirelli
Producer	Bruce Davey Dyson Lovell
Writer	Franco Zeffirelli William Shakespeare Christopher De Vore Christopher DeVore

Something is rotten in the State of Denmark. Prince Hamlet (Mel Gibson) is distraught and melancholy over the recent death of his father King Hamlet. He finds out form his father's ghost (Paul Scofield) that it was the former King's brother, Claudius (Alan Bates) who killed him. To make matters worse, Claudius has taken to the throne and married the former Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close). Feigning madness, Hamlet vows to seek revenge against Claudius. Noting Hamlet's antics, Claudius charges court adviser Polonius (Ian Holm) to watch over Hamlet and determine his intents. Meanwhile, Hamlet's affair with Polonius' daughter Ophelia (Helena Bonham Carter) shows his true inner feelings. Claudius decides to have Hamlet killed by sending him off to England, but Hamlet returns unscathed. With the help of his school friend Horatio (Stephen Dillane), Hamlet confronts the duplicitous king and courtiers which culminates in a tragic duel for the throne of Denmark.

Edition Details Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance) Country USA Language English Distributor Warner Home Video Barcode 085391903321 Region Region 1 Chapters 33 Release Date 2/24/2004 Packaging Snap Case Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles English; French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned); Bahasa Indonesia; Thai; Chinese Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Dolby Surround [English] Dolby Surround [French] Dolby Digital Surround [English] Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features "The Making of..." Documentary Director's Commentary Hamlet: An Actor's Journey Mel Gibson Introduces the Movie Making-of Documentary Mel Gibson: To Be or Not To Be Theatrical Trailer

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