Hamlet (1990 film)

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Hamlet
Film poster for Hamlet
Directed by	Franco Zeffirelli
Produced by	Dyson Lovell
Written by	Franco Zeffirelli Christopher De Vore
Starring	Mel Gibson Glenn Close Helena Bonham Carter
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	David Watkin
Editing by	Richard Marden
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	December 19, 1990
Running time	130 min.
Language	English
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Hamlet is a 1990 film based on the Shakespearean play of the same name. Mel Gibson has the title role, Glenn Close is his mother, Queen Gertrude, Alan Bates plays Claudius, Paul Scofield is the Ghost, and Helena Bonham Carter appears as Ophelia. It was directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven was used as a location in the film.

[edit] Plot

Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King (also named Hamlet), dies. His mother, Gertrude, has hastily re-married. She weds with Hamlet's uncle Claudius, who becomes the new King. The spirit of Hamlet's father comes to Hamlet and claims that he was murdered by Claudius. The apparition wants Hamlet to avenge him, but not to harm his mother.