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.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | John Sloss, Jason Blum, Callum Greene, Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby |
Directed By: | Michael Almereyda |
Written By: | William Shakespeare, Michael Almereyda |
Cast: | Ethan Hawke, Rome Neal, Paula Malcomson, Diane Venora, Giancarlo Roma, Kelly Sebastian, Robert MacNeil, Casey Affleck, John Wills Martin, Greg Kotis, Bernadette Jurkowski, Henry Griffin, Karl Geary, Thomas Roma, Tanya Gingerich, Dechen Thurman, Tim Blake Nelson, India Reed Kotis, Kyle MacLachlan, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sarah Fiol, Steve Zahn, Paul Ferriter, Robert Thurman, Julia Stiles, Sam Shepard, Larry Fessenden, Liev Schreiber, Sinead Dolan, Paul Bartel |
In Theaters: | Jun 23, 2000 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 52 minutes |
Production: | double A Films, Polyphony Digital |
Budget: | $2,000,000 |
Box Office: | $1,577,287 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |