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Hamlet /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: HAM020 | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 82.Distributor: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Copyright date: ©1948Edition: RSDL dual-layer editionDescription: 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 folded sheet (6 pages) ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
  • text
Media type:
  • video
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
  • sheet
ISBN:
  • 9780780021310
  • 0780021312
  • 9787429128423
  • 7429128424
Other title:
  • Title on disc and container: Laurence Olivier's Hamlet
Uniform titles:
  • Hamlet (Motion picture : 1948)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .H36 2000
  • PR2807 .A23
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Photographer, Desmond Dickinson ; editor, Helga Cranston ; designer, Roger Furse ; art director, Carmen Dillon ; music, William Walton ; music by William Walton ; conducted by Muir Mathieson ; played by The Philharmonia Orchestra.
Awards:
  • Academy Award: 1949, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Laurence Olivier); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Carmen Dillon, Roger K. Furse); Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Roger K. Furse); Best Picture (Laurence Olivier)
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Terence Morgan, Jean Simmons, Peter Cushing, Anthony Quayle, John Laurie, Esmond Knight, Niall MacGinnis, Harcourt Williams, Patrick Troughton, Tony Tarver, Stanley Holloway, Russell Thorndike, Anthony Bushell (uncredited), Patricia Davidson (uncredited), Doreen Lawrence (uncredited), Christopher Lee (uncredited), Desmond Llewelyn (uncredited), Victor Lucas (uncredited), Patrick Macnee (uncredited).Summary: The classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02382 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050185565

Originally produced in 1948 as a motion picture.

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

DVD, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby digital mono.

English dialogue ; optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired.

Academy Award: 1949, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Laurence Olivier); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Carmen Dillon, Roger K. Furse); Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Roger K. Furse); Best Picture (Laurence Olivier)

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