SYNOPSIS
New York, 2000. A specter in the guise of the newly-dead CEO of Denmark Corporation appears to Hamlet, tells of murder most foul, demands revenge, and identifies the killer as Claudius, the new head of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle and now step-father. Hamlet must determine if the ghost is truly his father, and if Claudius did the deed. To buy time, Hamlet feigns madness; to catch his uncle's conscience, he invites him to watch a film he's made that shows a tale of murder. Finally convinced of Claudius's guilt, Hamlet must avenge his father. Claudius now knows Hamlet is a threat and even uses Ophelia, Hamlet's love, in his own plots against the young man. Murder will out?
- Ethan HawkeHamlet
- Kyle MacLachlanClaudius
- Diane VenoraGertrude
- Sam ShepardGhost
- Bill MurrayPolonius
- Liev SchreiberLaertes
- Julia StilesOphelia
- Karl GearyHoratio
- Paula MalcomsonMarcella
- Steve ZahnRosencrantz
- Dechen ThurmanGuildenstern
- Rome NealBarnardo
- Jeffrey WrightGravedigger
- Paul BartelOsric
- Casey AffleckFortinbras
- Robert ThurmanPriest
- Tim Blake NelsonFlight Captain
- John Wills MartinClaudius' Bodyguard
- Bernadette JurkowskiBlockbuster Clerk
- Robert MacNeilPlayer King
- D.J. DaraSpecial Guest Appearance
- Sinead DolanSpecial Guest Appearance
- Paul FerriterSpecial Guest Appearance
- Larry FessendenKissing Man
- Sarah FiolSpecial Guest Appearance