Comedy fans have a lot of reasons to look forward to 2015, as Comedy Central has just announced a slew of season and series premieres -- including returning hits "Workaholics" and "Broad City," new series "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore," and the third and final season of "Kroll Show." Various guest stars includes the likes of Aziz Ansari, Amy Poehler, Keegan-Michael Key, Marc Maron, Patricia Clarkson, Amy Ryan, Rob Corddry, and, on two different shows, Seth Rogen. The network's offerings will help you cope with your 2014 hangover and get you through the first quarter of the year. Mark your calendars: Tuesday, January 13 “Kroll Show” (Season Three Premiere) – 10:30 p.m. It's the final season of Nick Kroll's comedy series, guest stars including Aziz Ansari, Paget Brewster, Bo Burnham, Bill Burr, John Mulaney, Adam Pally, Amy Poehler, Seth Rogen, and Casey Wilson. Wednesday, January 14 "Workaholics" (Season Five Premiere) – 10:00 p.
- 12/9/2014
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
New Bones season 9,episode 14 spoilers & clips hit the net. Last night, Fox released the new spoilers and sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Bones" episode 14 of season 9. The episode is entitled, "The Master In The Shop," and it appears to be pretty interesting as the crew takes to the Chess arena to solve their latest case, and more. In the new "The Master In The Shop" episode, Sweets will end up, infiltrating the world of professional Chess. When the Jeffersonian team discovers the body of a renowned, but disliked Chess master amidst a pig slop, Sweets is going to surprise the team with his Chess skills and will go undercover in the world of professional Chess to find the killer. Cam is going to be recognized in the "Outstanding Woman of Science" issue of a noted science publication ,but will be hesitant to participate since she does not...
- 1/18/2014
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
New Bones season 9,episode 14 official spoilers,plotline revealed by Fox. Recently, Fox released the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Bones" episode 14 of season 9. The episode is entitled, "The Master In The Shop," and it sounds like things will get quite interesting when Sweets tries to infiltrate the high level Chess world , and more. In the new,14th episode press release: Sweets will infiltrate the world of professional Chess. Press release number 2: When the Jeffersonian team discovers the body of a renowned, but disliked Chess master amidst pig slop, Sweets will surprise the team with his Chess skills and will go undercover in the world of professional Chess to find the killer. Cam is going to be recognized in the "Outstanding Woman of Science" issue of a noted science publication ,but is hesitant to participate since she does not want to offend Brennan who knows she should be the one to be honored.
- 1/17/2014
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Wild
Laura Dern is set to play Reese Witherspoon's mother in Jean-Marc Vallée's adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's memoir "Wild". Filming began last week in Oregon.
Witherspoon plays a woman hiking the 1000-mile Pacific Crest Trail alone in a search for meaning in her life following the death of her mother years before, and a collapsed marriage. [Source: Vulture]
Pawn Sacrifice
Lily Rabe ("American Horror Story") has joined Tobey Maguire in Ed Zwick's "Pawn Sacrifice", a biopic about troubled American chess champion Bobby Fischer.
Rabe will play Fischer’s sister Joan. Zwick, Maguire and Gail Katz are producing, while Steven Knight wrote the script. [Source: Deadline]
Thinspiration
Laura Wiggins ("Shameless"), Callie Thorne ("Necessary Roughness"), Izabella Miko, Marcus Giamatti, and Sharon Lawrence have joined the dramatic thriller "Thinspiration" at Indy Entertainment.
Wiggins plays a 17-year-old dancer who becomes possessed by the dark world of pro-anorexia websites. Thorne plays her mother, while Miko...
Laura Dern is set to play Reese Witherspoon's mother in Jean-Marc Vallée's adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's memoir "Wild". Filming began last week in Oregon.
Witherspoon plays a woman hiking the 1000-mile Pacific Crest Trail alone in a search for meaning in her life following the death of her mother years before, and a collapsed marriage. [Source: Vulture]
Pawn Sacrifice
Lily Rabe ("American Horror Story") has joined Tobey Maguire in Ed Zwick's "Pawn Sacrifice", a biopic about troubled American chess champion Bobby Fischer.
Rabe will play Fischer’s sister Joan. Zwick, Maguire and Gail Katz are producing, while Steven Knight wrote the script. [Source: Deadline]
Thinspiration
Laura Wiggins ("Shameless"), Callie Thorne ("Necessary Roughness"), Izabella Miko, Marcus Giamatti, and Sharon Lawrence have joined the dramatic thriller "Thinspiration" at Indy Entertainment.
Wiggins plays a 17-year-old dancer who becomes possessed by the dark world of pro-anorexia websites. Thorne plays her mother, while Miko...
- 10/19/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
On TV this Friday: Shark Tank, Who Do You Think You Are?, Nikita, Grimm and Supernatural end their seasons, Tron: Uprising makes its animated debut and more. In addition to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are seven programs to keep on your radar.
Preview | Nikita Boss Teases a Major ‘Paradigm Shift,’ Death of a ‘Fan Favorite’ In Tonight’s Finale
8 pm Shark Tank (ABC) | Season 3 finale: The Sharks battle to “lock in” business with a man who invented a way to incorporate keys into cell phones; rapper Pitbull endorses a previous investment — “Ez VIP,” a website that sells...
Preview | Nikita Boss Teases a Major ‘Paradigm Shift,’ Death of a ‘Fan Favorite’ In Tonight’s Finale
8 pm Shark Tank (ABC) | Season 3 finale: The Sharks battle to “lock in” business with a man who invented a way to incorporate keys into cell phones; rapper Pitbull endorses a previous investment — “Ez VIP,” a website that sells...
- 5/18/2012
- by Alyse Whitney
- TVLine.com
Title: Look – Season One Directed by: Adam Rifkin Starring: Ali Cobrin, Matt Bushell, Claudia Christian, Marcus Giamatti, Giuseppe Andrews, Sharon Hinnendael and Richard Speight Jr. Running time: 30min episodes/5 hours & 8 minutes, TV-m An 11 episode TV version of Adam Rifkin’s 2007 mockumentary Look, recast (with exception to convenience store employees Willie & Carl), but with the same format of following an array of characters seen through surveillance cameras, cell phones and camcorders. After watching this series, I don’t think I could ever go into a changing room again. It also makes me show my age by asserting my opinion that so many teenagers are idiots, but that...
- 12/20/2011
- by juliana
- ShockYa
A woman being held captive talks with another who also appears to be in the same position. One of them mentions her husband (there's a clue since she wants to see her husband) and breaks loose of her ties. They reach the opening at the top and one of them is pulled back whilst the other escapes, running into a neighbour. (Jesus Ruiz) Why was that gate open, shouldn't it have been shut so no one could get in? The police arrive to find the other woman's Db. Natalia (Eva Larue) comments they missed him. Horatio (David Caruso) "That was all that was needed." Natalia finds food cartons and Me Tom (Christian Clemenson) says she was bound with her own belt and clothing. Horatio notices a chest with a distinctive pattern on the lid. There's no dust over it and inside Natalia finds ether, pliers, duct tape. Horatio refers to it as a "kill kit.
- 11/9/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Forest rangers find a burned Db, which is only burnt on one side. Ziva (Cote de Pablo) looks up stuff on the Internet and wonders why hair loss pills are advertized, why would she need more hair? Tony (Michael Weatherly) replies it's not her her, it's for men. Ziva: "Like I need more men." No after the experiences she's had with them, she doesn't. But doesn't stop her from looking. McGee (Sean Murray) comes up with a novel idea. An industry where they take hair from women and use it for men. Her Internet skills need tweaking, not "Tweeting." McGee finds a link stating Col Bell (Robert Patrick) has been released from prison. He should print it out on paper for Gibbs. The Db, Sayers was a test pilot. Tony comments the other half of him is crispy like a "McDlt." Which isn't a nickname for McGee. Sayers' arm blew off prompting Tony to add,...
- 7/20/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
I haven't written about 'Fringe' this season, largely because it's one of those shows that I tend to sit back and just watch.
But hot damn was last night's episode good, continuing a trend of excellent episodes since the start of this season.
One of the problems with these Monster-of-the-week episodes is that the monster/bad guy themselves aren't really that interesting. Too often, they're played as stock villains, who have no real motive other than to be evil. So kudos to writers David Wilcox and Matthew Pitts for creating a villain with a real conflict, and kudos to Marcus Giamatti for playing it so well. I really felt for the poor guy as he realised that in order to complete his mission, he'd have to abandon his life as a civilian with a family.
And Anna Torv continues to shine as Fauxlivia - a character who, like Ray Duffy,...
But hot damn was last night's episode good, continuing a trend of excellent episodes since the start of this season.
One of the problems with these Monster-of-the-week episodes is that the monster/bad guy themselves aren't really that interesting. Too often, they're played as stock villains, who have no real motive other than to be evil. So kudos to writers David Wilcox and Matthew Pitts for creating a villain with a real conflict, and kudos to Marcus Giamatti for playing it so well. I really felt for the poor guy as he realised that in order to complete his mission, he'd have to abandon his life as a civilian with a family.
And Anna Torv continues to shine as Fauxlivia - a character who, like Ray Duffy,...
- 10/15/2010
- by Joseph Thomson
The machines can feel! I felt like I was watching an incarnation of the end of Terminator 2, where we see that the uber-deadly cyborgs really do have a heart. Well, in tonight's Fringe (TV), the shape-shifters apparently can long to be "real boys" too. Though I doubt Pinocchio would try to steal your face if things didn't work out. Peter and Bolivia (Anna Torv) are having dinner, making up stories about other couples, and talking about the deceit that is inherent in all relationships. Look out, Livvy! Senator Van Horn (Gerard Plunkett), the same senator who was being briefed by Peter (Joshua Jackson) after returning from the other side, gets t-boned by a truck in his car. But in the hospital, his heart stops, and he's still breathing. The Euro-villainous Newton (Sebastian Roche) shows up to take Van Horn out of the hospital. Broyles (Lance Reddick) demands to know what's...
- 10/15/2010
- by mbijeaux@corp.popstar.com (Melissa Bijeaux)
- TVStar
A new episode of Fringe will be airing this week on October 14 and Fox has put together a teaser video featuring some sneak peeks and behind the scenes footage with the actors.
Newton Wakes A Sleeper On An All-new “Fringe” On Thursday, October 14, On Fox
Newton, concerned about the consequences of a distressing development involving a high-ranking official, is forced to call to action a sleeping shapeshifter. As Walter and the rest of the team gather evidence, they move the investigation to Massive Dynamic, where Olivia goes on high alert and Walter finds himself in a perilous situation, in the all-new “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?” episode of Fringe airing Thursday, Oct. 14 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Fr-304) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)
Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Blair Brown...
Newton Wakes A Sleeper On An All-new “Fringe” On Thursday, October 14, On Fox
Newton, concerned about the consequences of a distressing development involving a high-ranking official, is forced to call to action a sleeping shapeshifter. As Walter and the rest of the team gather evidence, they move the investigation to Massive Dynamic, where Olivia goes on high alert and Walter finds himself in a perilous situation, in the all-new “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?” episode of Fringe airing Thursday, Oct. 14 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Fr-304) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)
Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Blair Brown...
- 10/13/2010
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
Lightman (Tim Roth) and Foster (Kelli Williams) are snuggled together on a couch, explaining to a eager business man, Olson (Patrick Fischler) that they want to make a sex video for their anniversary. They scmooze and fawn over each other, finally leaning in and sharing a few quick kisses. Oh, and Foster admits that having a threesome and being tied up have always been "fantasies of hers". No, this isn't the wrong show, or some sort of fan fiction dream sequence. Lightman and Foster are undercover and Olson's business is porn. After all the hype about this episode, and the much fangirled Lightman/Foster "kiss", I have to admit, I was pretty let down. I would have loved to have seen the conversation leading up to the undercover between them though. But, after seeing it, it seemed a bit strained and not at all sensual…and well, Lightman and Foster...
- 8/31/2010
- by mbijeaux@corp.popstar.com (Melissa Bijeaux)
- TVStar
As we talked about earlier in our review of "Ignition," last night's NCIS saw McGee take the lead in a case right up his alley, while introducing a new foil for Gibbs.
Below, our staff members break down Tuesday's episode of TV's #1 show in more detail in an NCIS Round Table discussion. Here's what our panel had to say ...
1. What was your favorite NCIS quote from the episode?
The Barnacle: Abby sweetly condescendingly to McGee: "What's really amazing is how much more fascinating jet-pack trivia gets the 11th time you've heard it."
Dr. Shepherd: The obligatory Ziva mispronunciation of the week (albeit not necessarily her fault): When she read M. Allison Hart's name as "Mallison."
M.L. House: No particular NCIS quotes stand out, but I loved McGee's enthusiasm and Tony's awkward inability to handle playing second fiddle.
2. More out of place when taking charge: McGee or Palmer?
M.
Below, our staff members break down Tuesday's episode of TV's #1 show in more detail in an NCIS Round Table discussion. Here's what our panel had to say ...
1. What was your favorite NCIS quote from the episode?
The Barnacle: Abby sweetly condescendingly to McGee: "What's really amazing is how much more fascinating jet-pack trivia gets the 11th time you've heard it."
Dr. Shepherd: The obligatory Ziva mispronunciation of the week (albeit not necessarily her fault): When she read M. Allison Hart's name as "Mallison."
M.L. House: No particular NCIS quotes stand out, but I loved McGee's enthusiasm and Tony's awkward inability to handle playing second fiddle.
2. More out of place when taking charge: McGee or Palmer?
M.
- 1/6/2010
- by steve@iscribelimited.com (Dr. Shepherd)
- TVfanatic
Rena Sofer isn't having a hard time keeping her character's secrets on her guest stint on NCIS.
That's because, according to the 24 and Heroes vet, she doesn't know what those secrets are.
Rena Sofer lands at NCIS
Sofer's run on the show involves the investigation of a Navy pilot's death. Aerospace engineer Victor Tillman (guest star Marcus Giamatti) and his prototype jet packs become the focus of the investigation. But before Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and his team can get any answers from Tillman, they have to go through his hard-nosed attorney, played by Sofer.
"She's a high-priced lawyer, and she's not afraid of anybody," Sofer says of her character, Margaret Allison Hart. That includes Gibbs, against whom she holds some sort of mysterious grudge that even Sofer doesn't fully understand...
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That's because, according to the 24 and Heroes vet, she doesn't know what those secrets are.
Rena Sofer lands at NCIS
Sofer's run on the show involves the investigation of a Navy pilot's death. Aerospace engineer Victor Tillman (guest star Marcus Giamatti) and his prototype jet packs become the focus of the investigation. But before Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and his team can get any answers from Tillman, they have to go through his hard-nosed attorney, played by Sofer.
"She's a high-priced lawyer, and she's not afraid of anybody," Sofer says of her character, Margaret Allison Hart. That includes Gibbs, against whom she holds some sort of mysterious grudge that even Sofer doesn't fully understand...
Read More >...
- 1/5/2010
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Looks like the talented ranks of NCIS guest stars will swell in 2010.
Tomorrow night's episode, "Faith," closes the book on 2009. When the new year's first episode, "Ignition," airs January 5, it will feature some familiar prime-time faces.
Rena Sofer (pictured), who's guested on everything from 24 to Heroes to recent episodes of CBS' Criminal Minds and Ghost Whisperer, will play a tough-as-nails lawyer.
According to TV Guide, her character on NCIS tangles with her old nemesis, Gibbs (Mark Harmon), when one of her clients is suspected in the murder of a Navy pilot.
Rena Sofer is getting ready to tangle with Gibbs. Too bad for her!
There's more. The possible perp will be played by Marcus Giamatti (brother of actor Paul Giamatti), who spent six seasons as Amy's brother Peter on Judging Amy.
Plus, his ex-wife, who'll also play a role, will be played by Melinda Page Hamilton, known to Mad Men fans as Anna Draper,...
Tomorrow night's episode, "Faith," closes the book on 2009. When the new year's first episode, "Ignition," airs January 5, it will feature some familiar prime-time faces.
Rena Sofer (pictured), who's guested on everything from 24 to Heroes to recent episodes of CBS' Criminal Minds and Ghost Whisperer, will play a tough-as-nails lawyer.
According to TV Guide, her character on NCIS tangles with her old nemesis, Gibbs (Mark Harmon), when one of her clients is suspected in the murder of a Navy pilot.
Rena Sofer is getting ready to tangle with Gibbs. Too bad for her!
There's more. The possible perp will be played by Marcus Giamatti (brother of actor Paul Giamatti), who spent six seasons as Amy's brother Peter on Judging Amy.
Plus, his ex-wife, who'll also play a role, will be played by Melinda Page Hamilton, known to Mad Men fans as Anna Draper,...
- 12/14/2009
- by steve@iscribelimited.com (Dr. Shepherd)
- TVfanatic
Monday's episode of House is all new and it will be running an extra minute long, so make sure to set those DVRs accordingly. Fox has released some short sneak peeks for your viewing pleasure.
A Patient Has Trouble Differentiating Fact From Fiction On An All-new “House” Monday, November 9, On Fox
After a wild night out, a teenage girl is brought to Princeton Plainsboro with severely swollen appendages. The team must work to diagnose the young girl, who is less than honest about what happened the night she fell ill, and as her condition worsens, becomes unable to distinguish fact from fiction. Meanwhile, Cuddy and Wilson attend a medical conference for pharmacology and public policy. House tags along, planning to use the outing as an opportunity to push a personal agenda, but things don’t go as expected in the all-new “Known Unknowns” episode of House airing Monday, Nov. 9 (8:...
A Patient Has Trouble Differentiating Fact From Fiction On An All-new “House” Monday, November 9, On Fox
After a wild night out, a teenage girl is brought to Princeton Plainsboro with severely swollen appendages. The team must work to diagnose the young girl, who is less than honest about what happened the night she fell ill, and as her condition worsens, becomes unable to distinguish fact from fiction. Meanwhile, Cuddy and Wilson attend a medical conference for pharmacology and public policy. House tags along, planning to use the outing as an opportunity to push a personal agenda, but things don’t go as expected in the all-new “Known Unknowns” episode of House airing Monday, Nov. 9 (8:...
- 11/7/2009
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
NEW YORK -- A capable, clear and highly accessible version of Shakespeare's most-performed play, this new version of "Hamlet" might seem extraneous considering the plethora of cinematic adaptations in recent years. Originally shown on television on the new Odyssey cable channel, the film recently received its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's enterprising the Screening Room. Still, despite the film's qualities, the small screen would seem to be its natural home.
The film is co-directed by Eric Simonson and actor Campbell Scott and stars the latter, who essayed the role in stage productions at San Diego's Old Globe in 1990 and Boston's Huntington Theatre in 1996. Running a bit under three hours, it is a faithful but abridged version of the text, unlike the full-length Kenneth Branagh film of a few years back. It is seemingly set in the latter part of the last century, on a vaguely Southern-style plantation (it was actually filmed at a mansion on Long Island).
The film was presumably made to preserve Scott's performance, and a fine one it is. The actor delivers an impassioned rendition that stresses the character's deep anger, cunning intelligence and highly developed sense of comic irony, while not playing him as overtly mad. His line readings are utterly clear and intelligible, and he wisely avoids overly declamatory renditions of the more famous speeches.
The rest of the cast matches his tastefulness. Best of the supporting players is Blair Brown, who offers a complex and fascinating performance as Gertrude. Among the other standouts are Jamey Sheridan as an impressively masculine and forceful Claudius; Lisa Gay Hamilton as a less vulnerable than usual Ophelia; Roscoe Lee Browne, who uses his deep, resonant voice to excellent effect as Polonious; and Marcus Giamatti and an unlikely Michael Imperioli as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
The film, which uses extensive close-ups of its leading actor, is capably directed, with the major set pieces staged in brisk and efficient fashion and little stylistic excess. While it offers no particularly revelatory interpretation of the classic text, its faithfulness and straightforwardness will make it particularly valuable to any number of students who will no doubt use it as a video version of Cliffs Notes.
HAMLET
Hallmark Entertainment
Directors:Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson
Producers:Mary Frances Budig, Jonathan Filley, Campbell Scott
Adaptation:Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson
Director of photography:Dan Gillham
Editor:Andy Keir
Production designer:Chris Shriver
Music:Gary DeMichele
Color/stereo
Cast:
Hamlet:Campbell Scott
Gertrude:Blair Brown
Ophelia:Lisa Gay Hamilton
Claudius:Jamey Sheridan
Polonious:Roscoe Lee Browne
Horatio:John Benjamin Hickey
Laertes:Roger Guenveur Smith
Running time -- 178 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The film is co-directed by Eric Simonson and actor Campbell Scott and stars the latter, who essayed the role in stage productions at San Diego's Old Globe in 1990 and Boston's Huntington Theatre in 1996. Running a bit under three hours, it is a faithful but abridged version of the text, unlike the full-length Kenneth Branagh film of a few years back. It is seemingly set in the latter part of the last century, on a vaguely Southern-style plantation (it was actually filmed at a mansion on Long Island).
The film was presumably made to preserve Scott's performance, and a fine one it is. The actor delivers an impassioned rendition that stresses the character's deep anger, cunning intelligence and highly developed sense of comic irony, while not playing him as overtly mad. His line readings are utterly clear and intelligible, and he wisely avoids overly declamatory renditions of the more famous speeches.
The rest of the cast matches his tastefulness. Best of the supporting players is Blair Brown, who offers a complex and fascinating performance as Gertrude. Among the other standouts are Jamey Sheridan as an impressively masculine and forceful Claudius; Lisa Gay Hamilton as a less vulnerable than usual Ophelia; Roscoe Lee Browne, who uses his deep, resonant voice to excellent effect as Polonious; and Marcus Giamatti and an unlikely Michael Imperioli as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
The film, which uses extensive close-ups of its leading actor, is capably directed, with the major set pieces staged in brisk and efficient fashion and little stylistic excess. While it offers no particularly revelatory interpretation of the classic text, its faithfulness and straightforwardness will make it particularly valuable to any number of students who will no doubt use it as a video version of Cliffs Notes.
HAMLET
Hallmark Entertainment
Directors:Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson
Producers:Mary Frances Budig, Jonathan Filley, Campbell Scott
Adaptation:Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson
Director of photography:Dan Gillham
Editor:Andy Keir
Production designer:Chris Shriver
Music:Gary DeMichele
Color/stereo
Cast:
Hamlet:Campbell Scott
Gertrude:Blair Brown
Ophelia:Lisa Gay Hamilton
Claudius:Jamey Sheridan
Polonious:Roscoe Lee Browne
Horatio:John Benjamin Hickey
Laertes:Roger Guenveur Smith
Running time -- 178 minutes
No MPAA rating...
NEW YORK -- A capable, clear and highly accessible version of Shakespeare's most-performed play, this new version of "Hamlet" might seem extraneous considering the plethora of cinematic adaptations in recent years. Originally shown on television on the new Odyssey cable channel, the film recently received its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's enterprising the Screening Room. Still, despite the film's qualities, the small screen would seem to be its natural home.
The film is co-directed by Eric Simonson and actor Campbell Scott and stars the latter, who essayed the role in stage productions at San Diego's Old Globe in 1990 and Boston's Huntington Theatre in 1996. Running a bit under three hours, it is a faithful but abridged version of the text, unlike the full-length Kenneth Branagh film of a few years back. It is seemingly set in the latter part of the last century, on a vaguely Southern-style plantation (it was actually filmed at a mansion on Long Island).
The film was presumably made to preserve Scott's performance, and a fine one it is. The actor delivers an impassioned rendition that stresses the character's deep anger, cunning intelligence and highly developed sense of comic irony, while not playing him as overtly mad. His line readings are utterly clear and intelligible, and he wisely avoids overly declamatory renditions of the more famous speeches.
The rest of the cast matches his tastefulness. Best of the supporting players is Blair Brown, who offers a complex and fascinating performance as Gertrude. Among the other standouts are Jamey Sheridan as an impressively masculine and forceful Claudius; Lisa Gay Hamilton as a less vulnerable than usual Ophelia; Roscoe Lee Browne, who uses his deep, resonant voice to excellent effect as Polonious; and Marcus Giamatti and an unlikely Michael Imperioli as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
The film, which uses extensive close-ups of its leading actor, is capably directed, with the major set pieces staged in brisk and efficient fashion and little stylistic excess. While it offers no particularly revelatory interpretation of the classic text, its faithfulness and straightforwardness will make it particularly valuable to any number of students who will no doubt use it as a video version of Cliffs Notes.
HAMLET
Hallmark Entertainment
Directors:Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson
Producers:Mary Frances Budig, Jonathan Filley, Campbell Scott
Adaptation:Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson
Director of photography:Dan Gillham
Editor:Andy Keir
Production designer:Chris Shriver
Music:Gary DeMichele
Color/stereo
Cast:
Hamlet:Campbell Scott
Gertrude:Blair Brown
Ophelia:Lisa Gay Hamilton
Claudius:Jamey Sheridan
Polonious:Roscoe Lee Browne
Horatio:John Benjamin Hickey
Laertes:Roger Guenveur Smith
Running time -- 178 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The film is co-directed by Eric Simonson and actor Campbell Scott and stars the latter, who essayed the role in stage productions at San Diego's Old Globe in 1990 and Boston's Huntington Theatre in 1996. Running a bit under three hours, it is a faithful but abridged version of the text, unlike the full-length Kenneth Branagh film of a few years back. It is seemingly set in the latter part of the last century, on a vaguely Southern-style plantation (it was actually filmed at a mansion on Long Island).
The film was presumably made to preserve Scott's performance, and a fine one it is. The actor delivers an impassioned rendition that stresses the character's deep anger, cunning intelligence and highly developed sense of comic irony, while not playing him as overtly mad. His line readings are utterly clear and intelligible, and he wisely avoids overly declamatory renditions of the more famous speeches.
The rest of the cast matches his tastefulness. Best of the supporting players is Blair Brown, who offers a complex and fascinating performance as Gertrude. Among the other standouts are Jamey Sheridan as an impressively masculine and forceful Claudius; Lisa Gay Hamilton as a less vulnerable than usual Ophelia; Roscoe Lee Browne, who uses his deep, resonant voice to excellent effect as Polonious; and Marcus Giamatti and an unlikely Michael Imperioli as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
The film, which uses extensive close-ups of its leading actor, is capably directed, with the major set pieces staged in brisk and efficient fashion and little stylistic excess. While it offers no particularly revelatory interpretation of the classic text, its faithfulness and straightforwardness will make it particularly valuable to any number of students who will no doubt use it as a video version of Cliffs Notes.
HAMLET
Hallmark Entertainment
Directors:Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson
Producers:Mary Frances Budig, Jonathan Filley, Campbell Scott
Adaptation:Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson
Director of photography:Dan Gillham
Editor:Andy Keir
Production designer:Chris Shriver
Music:Gary DeMichele
Color/stereo
Cast:
Hamlet:Campbell Scott
Gertrude:Blair Brown
Ophelia:Lisa Gay Hamilton
Claudius:Jamey Sheridan
Polonious:Roscoe Lee Browne
Horatio:John Benjamin Hickey
Laertes:Roger Guenveur Smith
Running time -- 178 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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