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What is your favorite version of Hamlet?

My personal two favorites would be Lawrence Olivier for the old classic version and more recently the Start Trek / Doctor Who crossover starting Patrick Stewart and David Tennant. (you can get the later on Blue Ray)

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    Sounds silly to say, but I kind of like them all, for different reasons. I'm a fan of the full-length Kenneth Branagh film, because it is well-done and nicely cinematic, and because it is remarkable that he/they had the cojones to present the WHOLE Hamlet, uncut, which almost never happens, even on stage. The Tennant/Stewart one is terrific, I agree, and works especially well on the small screen. The Olivier is okay, sure, and his acting is gorgeous, though for older versions I'd probably give the nod to Derek Jacobi's take in those old Jonathan Miller Shakespeare plays: he's very good. This also features Patrick Stewart as Claudius, by the way, even though it was shot over 30 years ago, and it is interesting to compare his performances.

    One that I have heard but not seen, but I understand is now available on DVD and I badly want to see, is the Richard Burton Hamlet. His energy and vitriol fit very well with the part, and the audio version I heard was fantastic: thanks for the prompt - I'm adding it to our Netflix queue. We've been on a Liz & Dick jag lately, so it'll be a nice capper. (No, Liz isn't in it - have to get Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf for her Hamlet.)

    Two of my favorite Shakespeare films of all time aren't even productions of his plays, but documentaries.

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    Strictly Ballroom.

    See also:
    Strange Brew
    The Lion King
    The Bad Sleep Well (Kurosawa)

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    My daughter tells me Patrick Stewart's version is nothing short of magnificent...and that's from a dyed-in-the-wool Nu Doctor Who fan too!

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