Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
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Actor: Gary Oldman, Livio Badurina, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Roth, Tomislav MareticDirector: Tom Stoppard
Brand: Image Entertainment
Writer: Tom Stoppard
Producer: Emanuel Azenberg
Producer: Iris Merlis
Producer: Louise Stephens
Producer: Michael Brandman
Producer: Patrick Whitley
Writer: William Shakespeare
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-22
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
DVD Review: Super comedy with extraordinary actor Gary Oldman!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Super comedy with extraordinary actor Gary Oldman. I have a lot laughed.
What's more there is an interview with Gary Oldman, during 1 hour. Excellent for all Gary Oldman fan!!
DVD Review: Witty, thought-provoking, entertaining.
Summary: 5 Stars
It is uncommon to find films with such high-caliber wit and which demand such intelligent participation on the part of the viewer. Participation, in the sense of giving it your full attention and listening carefully to what is said, paying close heed to visual cues, being alert to symbols, patterns, and allusions. It is even more uncommon, in my experience, to encounter such a sophisticated film done in English language.
That is why I am more than ever glad to chime in to add my praise to a film which has already garnered so many positive reviews. It seems to me there was not a wasted scene in this film. Each set, each bit of dialog is in some sense a criticism or exploration of the themes of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". The original play is turned inside out by having the emphasis shifted from Hamlet,with his self-absorbed tortured musings onto the two very minor characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern(Gary Oldman and Tim Roth).
These two somewhat roguish, somewhat naive, somewhat likable characters are also, as Hamlet is with his, trying to sort out the meanings and purposes behind their existential predicaments; but not having Hamlet's eloquent ability to formulate these questions, they mostly wander around in a state of befuddlement. Richard Dreyfuss, as leader of a roving troupe of actors seems to be an agent of Fate(or could he be a representation of the famous playwright, himself?), a Fate which is relentless in its insistence that every human drama be played out to its inevitable end.
Moreover, Fate, in its personification in Dreyfuss seems to exact its dues with a sardonic humorous satisfaction. The dialog is clever. The interaction between Rosencrantz' and Guildenstern's story and that of the original "Hamlet" is witty and engaging and sure to capture the imagination of anyone who is an admirer of Shakespeare's play. The cinematography is great. The music represents the action perfectly, and the soundtrack is full of background sounds of nature. The sets are very authentic-seeming, and support the mood of the film wonderfully. In short, its a great film. But its also a film that requires alert participation, rather than passivity, in order to enjoy that greatness.
DVD Review: Wonderful wordplay from Tom Stoppard!
Summary: 4 Stars
Another movie that got mediocre reviews (including zero stars from Ebert!), but I liked it a lot. Then again, I had never seen it before except on film, whereas most of the reviewers were comparing it to the play. DVD Review: some derivatives are good
Summary: 5 Stars
Stoppard proves his intelligence with an astounding take on Hamlet told from the perspective of the two characters Rosenstern and Guildenkranz. Or is it Guildenrosen and Kranzenstern? In any event the scene with the puppet play, in a play, in a play within a play, about another play within a play is priceless. Certainly this is where the idea for Being John Malkovich was born.DVD Review: Poor condition
Summary: 1 Stars
What I saw of the movie was enjoyable but the DVD was scratched and in very poor condition.
Description of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
In this cleverly inspired twist on William Shakespeare's Hamlet, two of the outrageous supporting players take center stage for a dazzling game of illusion and reality that delivers one-of-a-kind entertainment! World Class Cast featuring Richard Dreyfuss (Mr. Holland's Opus, Jaws), Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction, Planet of the Apes) and Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)Tom Stoppard's modern stage classic finds a pair of film actors worthy of its verbal japery and existential bewilderment: Gary Oldman and Tim Roth are deliciously locked in as the title characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. And yet it remains difficult to tell which one is Rosencrantz and which Guildenstern--even they seem unsure--a clever part of Stoppard's ingenious design. Focusing on a pair of unremarkable characters from Hamlet, Stoppard sees the great play from their confused perspective. Now and again the action of Hamlet sweeps them up, but most of the time R&G are left wondering where they are, what they have been sent for, and why they can't remember anything that happened before the beginning of the play. Richard Dreyfuss (fittingly grandiloquent) is the Player King, who seems to know more about the ominous workings of fiction and tragedy than the heroes do. Stoppard's first outing as a film director is handsomely shot but uncertainly paced--although any time Oldman and Roth go into one of their tennis-match debates on probability, identity, or death, the movie crackles. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern may be the "indifferent children of the earth," but for this brief moment they deserve center stage. --Robert Horton
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