Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaption of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy Grail and some seriously sexy .. Read more
| Starring | Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Stoppard |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaption of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy Grail and some seriously sexy vampires. It turns out that the play was actually written by a master vampire named Theo Horace and it's up to Julian to recover the Grail in order to reverse the vampire's curse.
| Starring | Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Stoppard |
| Studio | SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 7 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1991 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 19 Sep 2009 To Rent: DVD: not available |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
"...A film both eloquently impish and brilliant....A jewel of a movie, a work of high literacy, bawdy good spirits, blazing wit, bizarre charm and eerie suspense..."
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It's Hamlet, but in a good way.
It's a fairly unique idea, seperate to anything else out there. It's got snappy, almost Tarantino-like dialogue and great performances from Tim Roth ... read more »
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... Dead
What a strange idea for a film. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern being two of the least influential characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet, are given their own film... read more »
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A classic
Brilliant comedy of the absurd. Read the play first though.
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What were they doing?
Are we the players or the played? Where do we come from and what exactly were Rosencratz and Guildenstern up to when they weren't in the play? They must ... read more »
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