 | Hamlet
(1948 -
DVD)
Director: Laurence Olivier
Starring: Laurence Olivier, John Laurie, Esmond Knight, Anthony Quayle, Niall MacGinnis, Harcourt Williams
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier's Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare's beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired-both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself-as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world's greatest dramatists. Criterion is proud to present Hamlet in a luminous black-and-white digital transfer.
Not RatedGenre: Classic Run Time: 153 minutes
Release Date: 5/2/2006
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | Hamlet
(1991 -
DVD)
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham-Carter
Treachery. Madness. Murder. The story of Hamlet has been told for 400 years...but it's never been told like this! Mel Gibson takes on his richest part to date, the title role in a dynamic new version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth), the location-shot production has a sumptuous look that won Academy Award nominations for Art Direction and Costume Design.
Gibson plays the prince of medieval-era Denmark, who senses treachery behind his royal father's death. Glenn Close plays Hamlet's mother Gertrude, all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. A brilliant supporting cast, including Alan Bates as Claudius, Paul Scofield as the ghost of Hamlet's father, Ian Holm as Polonius and Helena Bonham-Carter as Ophelia, adds its powerful presence to this immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds. Big, bold and heroic, this is a vivid and virile Hamlet for the modern age and all time.
Rated PGGenre: Drama Run Time: 130 minutes
Release Date: 2/24/2004
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | Hamlet
(1996 -
DVD)
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Rufus Sewell, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet
"Hamlet has the kind of power, energy and excitement that movies can truly exploit," award-winning actor/director Kenneth Branagh says. In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's greatest work, the power surges through every scene. The timeless tale of murder, corruption and revenge is reset in an opulent 19th-century world, using sprawling Blenheim Palace as Elsinore and staging much of the action in shimmering mirrored and gold-filled interiors. The energy is electrifying, due to a luminous cast. The excitement of the Bard's words and ad adventurous filmmaking style life the story from its often shadowy ambience to fully-lit pageantry and rage.
Rated PG-13 for adult situations, language, brief nudity, violenceGenre: Drama Run Time: 242 minutes
Release Date: 8/14/2007
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | Hamlet
(2000 -
DVD)
Director: Michael Almereyda
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kyle Maclachlan, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber, Sam Shepard, Julia Stiles
Hot Hollywood star Ethan Hawke is joined by Julia Stiles and Bill Murray in a hip, thoroughly contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal, and revenge!
The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead ... and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder! Nobody is more troubled than her son, Hamlet (Hawke). Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise, and revenge is in the air!
Also featuring Kyle MacLachlan, Liev Schreiber, Diane Venora, and Sam Shepard in an outstanding ensemble - the power of Shakespeare's timeless words is matched by the stunningly modern look and feel of this widely acclaimed, highly entertaining big-screen event!
Rated R for some violenceGenre: Drama Run Time: 113 minutes
Release Date: 4/17/2001
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | Hamlet
(2009 -
DVD)
Director: Gregory Doran
Starring: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Oliver Davies, Penny Downie, Mariah Gale, Edward Bennett
David Tennant and Patrick Stewart star in this critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s masterpiece from Britain’s renowned Royal Shakespeare Company.
No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Tennant's interpretation was recognized as defining the role for a generation, and Stewart’s complex Claudius won the Olivier award, Britain’s highest stage honor. In this specially-shot screen version, filmed on location rather than in the theater, Tennant and Stewart reprise their roles. Dynamic, exciting and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play.
Not RatedGenre: Drama Run Time: 182 minutes
Release Date: 5/4/2010
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | Henry V
(1989 -
DVD)
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, Ian Holm, Paul Scofield, Michael Maloney, Alec McCowan, Emma Thompson, Geraldine McEwan, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin, John Sessions, Christian Bale, Michael Williams, Richard Briers, Geoffrey Hutchings, Robert Stephens, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Harold Innocent
He ruled a massive empire...and fought a mighty war! Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Ian Holm, Emma Thompson and Judi Dench star in this heroic, action-packed epic based on the timeless play by William Shakespeare. "Magnificent, passionate and steeped in powerful emotion" (The Washington Post), Henry V is a "stunning," (Leonard Maltin) Oscar-nominated adventure that takes its place amongst the greatest war films of all time.
Having recently been crowned King of England, Henry (Branagh) commands a massive invasion to assert what he believes is his legal right to the throne of France. But a mighty army stands in his way...and the young monarch must rely on untested reserves of courage and cunning as he personally leads his outnumbered forces into a desperate battle for the honor and glory of the British Empire.
Not RatedGenre: BBC/British Run Time: 137 minutes
Release Date: 9/21/2004
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | Julius Caesar
(1953 -
DVD)
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud
They are all "honorable men." And they are all conspirators bent on murdering the emperor. To win public support, however, they know they must sway the widely admired Brutus to their cause.
Julius Caesar (nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture and a winner for Best B&W Art Direction/Set Decoration) remains one of the best movie adaptations of Shakespeare as directed by Oscar winner Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Atop the stellar cast, John Gielgud plays lead conspirator Cassius (later at the other end of the dagger as Caesar in the 1970 movie version). James Mason (the National Board of Review's Best Actor Award winner) is tormented Brutus. And in a celebrated casting, Marlon Brando abandons then-trademark T-shirt for a toga to give a compelling portrayal of loyal avenger Antony.
Not RatedGenre: Classic Run Time: 121 minutes
Release Date: 11/7/2006
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | Julius Caesar
(1970 -
DVD)
Director: Stuart Burge
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn
An all-star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Rome's fickleness towards the events.
Rated GGenre: Classic Run Time: 117 minutes
Release Date: 5/11/2004
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | King Lear
(1976 -
DVD)
Director: Tony Davenall
Starring: Patrick Mower, Ann Lynn, Philip Brack, Beth Harris, Patrick Magee
When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm. Can a man undo his wrongs? Will Cordelia be saved? Or will the wheels of fate crush all in its way?
Produced by Britain's distinguished Thames Television, this compelling production of Shakespeare's King Lear stars Patrick Magee, Ronald Radd, Patrick Mower, and many other mainstays of stage and television.
Not RatedGenre: Drama Run Time: 156 minutes
Release Date: 5/31/2005
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
 | King Lear
(1984 -
DVD)
Director: Michael Elliott
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall, Diana Rigg, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lang
The late Sir Lawrence Olivier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare's King Lear. It is the timeless tale of greed and lust for power, and of a sick old man, his scheming children and lost loyalties.
Not RatedGenre: Drama Run Time: 158 minutes
Release Date: 10/22/2003
Nights: 7
Status: Available to rent |
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