 Hamlet 2000  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard, Diane Venora, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Karl Geary, Paula Malcomson, Steve Zahn, Dechen Thurman, Rome Neal, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Bartel, Casey Affleck
This Shakespeare classic is updated. The year is 2000 and set in hi-tech corporate America at the multinational conglomerate Denwick Corporation in Manhattan. Hamlet (Ethan Hawke) is struggling as a young filmmaker in New York City trying to gain control in his deceased father's company while also dealing with his mother Gertrude's (Diane Venora) marriage to her brother-in-law Claudius (Kyle MacLachlan). His father's Ghost (Sam Shepard) appears and wants Hamlet to be kind to Gertrude but to get revenge against Claudius who killed him. Once again, Shakespeare's drama proves timeless.
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Trance 1998  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Eternal
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Alison Elliott, Jared Harris, Christopher Walken, Rachel O'Rourke, Lois Smith, Karl Geary, Paula Malcomson, Sinead Dolan, Raina Feig, Jason Miller
Nora and Jim (Alison Elliott and Jared Harris) need a change of pace, so they head to Nora's homeland of Ireland. They are met by Nora's Uncle Bill (Christopher Walken), who proudly shows off the mummy of a druid witch that he dug up. The mummy looks a lot like Nora, and after Nora starts feeling strange and has hallucinations it's time for the witch to act.
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| 1. Hamlet (2000)
2. Trance (1998)
aka: The Eternal
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