HAMLET

Year Released: 1996
Film Budget: $18 million
U.S. Box Office: $4,425,305
U.S. Screen Average: $47,584
Number of Screens: 93
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Screenplay by Kenneth Branagh, adapted from the play by William Shakespeare

Official film site
Complete text of the play

PRINCIPAL CAST:

Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet), Julie Christie (Gertrude), Derek Jacobi (Claudius), Kate Winslet (Ophelia), Billy Crystal (First Gravedigger), Michael Maloney (Laerties, Nicholas Farrell (Horatio), Richard Briers (Polonius), Charlton Heston (The Player King), Rufus Sewell (Fortinbras), Gerard Depardieu (Reynaldo), Jack Lemmon (Marcellus)

AWARDS:

Producers Guild Award nominee (Best Picture)
San Diego Film Critics Society (Best Actor, Kenneth Branagh)
Academy Award nominee (Kenneth Branagh, Best Adapted Screenplay)
Academy Award nominee (Patrick Doyle, Best Original Score)
Academy Award nominee (Alexandra Byrne, Best Costume Design)
Academy Award nominee (Tim Harvey, Best Art Direction - Set Design)
BAFTA nominee (Alexandra Byrne, Outstanding Costume Design)
BAFTA nominee (Tim Harvey, Outstanding Set Design)
Cannes Film Festival Official Selection