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Hamlet
1948 · Film · 153 min
Directed by Laurence Olivier
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
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Laurence Olivier is a great actor. I've enjoyed several of his films, including his Hamlet adaptation (which he also directed). I have yet to watch Richard III though.
It didn't used to be like this!
That's news to me! I've been annoyed by obnoxiously melodramatic music in movies for my whole life, even from decades before I was born! Check out this famous scene of Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet soliloquy [1]. The music is so jarring I can hardly stand to watch it at all!
[1] https://youtu.be/5ks-NbCHUns