He filmed the entire play (the Folio) with an all-star cast in the epic 65mm format to be projected in Panavision Super 70. With 'Hamlet' a decade after 'Henry V', Branagh did the impossible. It was that film which sparked a love of film and Shakespeare that I've been chasing to this day it was that film that inspired my dual college majors of Theatre and Communication it was that film which sent me across the Atlantic to study the Bard and visit the places where Shakespeare-the-man lived, wrote, and produced his unforgettable plays. ![]() It was remarkable for the first time to clearly understand the words being spoken, to see the engaging melodrama, and cheer on the glorious action. ![]() Until a fateful high school English class when I saw Kenneth's Branagh's near-perfect (filmmaking debut, no less) adaptation of 'Henry V'. And for those who have this tragic view, I feel sorry for you. They will give the impression that Shakespeare is slow, boring, and written in some language that merely resembles modern English. ![]() Some, perhaps most, of these productions were not or will not be good. Assuming it never missed a day somewhere in some country, we have a potential 149,650 days in release! ![]() 'Avatar' may be the current financial box office champ, 'Gone with the Wind' may have sold the most tickets in its many releases since 1939, but Hamlet… Hamlet has literally been on stages and screens around the world for the last 410 years. William Shakespeare was the Jerry Bruckhiemer or perhaps the James Cameron. Think of London in 1600 as that era's Hollywood. "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King."
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