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Directed by | Franco Zeffirelli |
Screenplay by | Christopher De Vore Franco Zeffirelli |
Based on | Hamlet by William Shakespeare |
Produced by | Bruce Davey Dyson Lovell |
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Cinematography | David Watkin |
Edited by | Richard Marden |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
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Running time | 134 minutes[1] |
Countries | United States United Kingdom Italy |
Language | English |
Budget | £12.6 million[2] |
Box office | $22.3 million (US/UK) |
Hamlet is a 1990 drama film based on the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Mel Gibson as the eponymous character. The film also features Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Dillane, and Nathaniel Parker. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy, the film was the first produced by Icon Productions, a company co-founded by Gibson.