The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

1995 NR 22m 7.9

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

A tongue-in-cheek take on the film industry as if it existed in Elizabethan times. Director William Shakespeare shoots "Hamlet" in one reel, seemingly in one continuous take. When he screens this silly but accurate 15-minute version to a studio boss, he's told he needs to trim it down to make it more commercial. He begrudgingly does so, with surprising results...from the audience and himself.

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Info about The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

Studio(s): cin-cine 19

Originally Released: United States on Jan 01, 1995

Genres: Comedy, Short