The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

1995

0h 22m

7.2(5 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.

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9 members

Acting

Austin Pendleton

Hamlet

Acting

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes

Acting

Xander Berkeley

Shakespeare

Acting

Ernest Perry Jr.

Claudius & Polonius

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Paul Ben-Victor

Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras

Acting

Todd Louiso

Ophelia

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Angie Phillips

Gertrude

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Tommy Swerdlow

King

Writing

Michael Goldberg

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