Hamlet  [videorecording] / 
 William Shakespeare's Hamlet 
[presented by] Castle Rock Entertainment ; produced by David Barron ; adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh. 
 - Two-disc special ed. 
 - Burbank, CA :  Distributed by Warner Home Video,  2007 
 - 2 videodiscs (242 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in 
<br/><br/> Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996  Based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare  Special features: Introduction by director/star Kenneth Branagh; commentary by Kenneth Branagh and Shakespeare scholar Russell Jackson; new digital transfer from original 70mm elements; featurette "To be on camera: a  history with Hamlet"; 1996 Cannes Film Festival promo; Shakespeare movies trailer gallery. 
<br/><br/>Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Rufus Sewell, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet. 
<br/><br/> In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's work, the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, Dolby Digital 
<br/><br/><br/>English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1419849727 9781419849725 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hamlet (Legendary character)--Drama<br/>Murder victims' families--Drama<br/>Fathers--Death--Drama<br/>Princes--Drama<br/>Revenge--Drama
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Denmark--Drama
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.4372  / HAM