The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

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

Cast

Austin Pendleton

as Hamlet

Philip Seymour Hoffman

as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes

Xander Berkeley

as Shakespeare

Ernest Perry Jr.

as Claudius & Polonius

Paul Ben-Victor

as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras

Todd Louiso

as Ophelia

Angie Phillips

as Gertrude

Tommy Swerdlow

as King

Michael Goldberg

as Producer

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