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  2. Hamlet on screen - Wikipedia

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    Over fifty films of William Shakespeare's Hamlet have been made since 1900. [1] Seven post-war Hamlet films have had a theatrical release: Laurence Olivier's Hamlet of 1948; Grigori Kozintsev's 1964 Russian adaptation; a film of the John Gielgud-directed 1964 Broadway production, Richard Burton's Hamlet, which played limited engagements that same year; Tony Richardson's 1969 version (the first ...

  3. Cultural references to Hamlet - Wikipedia

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    One example is Luca Damiano's Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia Parts 1 and 2 (1996). [13] [14] The 2006 Chinese film The Banquet (also known as Legend of the Black Scorpion) has a storyline loosely based on the story of Hamlet. [15] In the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back, Chewbacca tries to reassemble the body of the robot C-3PO. At one ...

  4. Let the Devil Wear Black - Wikipedia

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    The film is a modern-day version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Los Angeles. [2] Its promotional tagline is "Something is Rotten in the City of Angels". The film reworks various Shakespearean plot devices. [3] All of the language is modern. Comparisons are easy to spot between the play and the film if the person is familiar with the ...

  5. Category:Films based on Hamlet - Wikipedia

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    Films based on the theatrical play Hamlet (c. 1599-1601) by William Shakespeare. The play is in turn an adaptation of the legend of Amleth , as depicted in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus . Pages in category "Films based on Hamlet "

  6. Ophelia (2018 film) - Wikipedia

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    Ophelia is a 2018 historical drama film directed by Claire McCarthy and written by Semi Chellas about the character of the same name from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Based on the novel by Lisa Klein, the film follows the story of Hamlet from Ophelia's perspective.

  7. List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations - Wikipedia

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    Based on Stoppard's play of the same name, the film depicts two minor characters from Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. They encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet ...

  8. Hamlet (upcoming film) - Wikipedia

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    Hamlet is an upcoming American drama film based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet. It was directed by Aneil Karia and written by Michael Lesslie, and stars Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark and Joe Alwyn. Ahmed is also a producer on the film.

  9. Scotland, PA - Wikipedia

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    Movieguide called it "a hilarious, modern re-telling of William Shakespeare's great tragic play" and a "morality tale". [15] Salon.com called it "a one-note movie — the note being a smart-aleck adolescent's idea of a Shakespeare parody". [16] SPLICEDwire called it "deliriously funny, fast and loose, accessible to the uninitiated, and full of ...