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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
Director: Tom Stoppard
Cast: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Iain Glen
7.3
60%Runtime117 min
RatingPG
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Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.
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Fans of thought-provoking metafiction and existential comedy will especially enjoy this 1991 film directed by Tom Stoppard, which follows the minor characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from Shakespeare's Hamlet as they question the meaning of their existence while caught up in the events of the classic play.
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a 1990 period black comedy film written and directed by Tom Stoppard based on his 1966 play. Like the play, the film depicts two minor characters from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark.
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