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No pirate attack scene?

posted 9 years ago by jmarkoff2
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I'm surprised there wasn't a scene showing when the ship is attacked by pirates so that Hamlet gets separated from R&G, especially since Branagh went to the trouble of filming Yorick's nostalgia (a truly inspired scene) and the Fall of Troy as narrated by Charlton Heston.

[–] stevenackerman69 8 years ago

I guess he felt it wasn't necessary. Maybe the other stuff fit in with the monologues.

[–] delriosong 8 years ago

I'm surprised there wasn't a scene showing when the ship is attacked by pirates

I'm surprised and thankful that a full text, 70mm, feature film was made in the first place. Prior to this the best Hamlet ever filmed was the 1980, BBC full text version staring Derek Jacobi.

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