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John Mills
Born: February 22, 1908
John Mills
Filmography Cameo(s)
Filmography Cast Member
(1996) PG-13
(1994)
(1993)
(1989)
(1989) Unrated
(1989)
(1987) PG
(1986)
(1986) Unrated
(1985)
(1984)
(1983) PG
(1982) PG
(1979) Unrated
(1979) PG
(1979)
(1978) R
(1978) Unrated
(1976) Unrated
(1975) R
(1973)
(1973) PG
(1972) PG
(1970) Unrated
(1970) PG
(1969)
(1968) Unrated
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
(1965) Unrated
(1965)
(1964)
(1962)
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
(1957) Unrated
(1956) Unrated
(1956)
(1956) Unrated
(1955) Unrated
(1955)
(1955) Unrated
(1953)
(1948) Unrated
(1948)
(1947)
(1946)
(1944) Unrated
(1943)
(1943) Unrated
(1941) Unrated
(1939)
(1937)
(1937) Unrated
(1936) Unrated
(1933) Unrated
Filmography Voice
This is the only uncut version of Shakespeare's play committed to film. As such, it is a relief to find it done so well. While not all of the star-studded cast fit too easily (Jack Lemmon is a bit ill-at-ease in a brief bit), but others fare quite well (Heston, Crystal). Excellent production design, and great performances from Branagh, Winslet, Jacobi and Christie. If you fear the 4 hour running time, the Gibson version is fine. But if you want great cinema, this is the best version.
David Lean's final b&w film is a real treat on many levels. While criticized for pacing in certain scenes, it is a wonderful comedy with an excellent balance among many aspects of cinema: visuals, music, acting, sound and story are blended wonderfully.
FOUR BONES? Have you been at the dognip? This thing is ghastly! Hamlet swinging on a chandelier across the room in the final scene? Give me a break - or a poison-tipped sword. This is like a Corman send-up of Shakespeare, without any of the humor. See Mel Gibson do his wired Prince, Nicol Williamson do his haunted Prince. (Skip Olivier's self-aggrandizing Prince-as-Young-Werther.) But stay away from this bizarrely inadvertent parody: Prince-as-Doug-Fairbanks.
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