The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

Jan 1, 1995

0h 22m

★ 7.2

Overview

Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

cin-cine 19

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Cast

Hamlet

Austin Pendleton

Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Shakespeare

Xander Berkeley

Claudius & Polonius

Ernest Perry Jr.

Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras

Paul Ben-Victor

Ophelia

Todd Louiso

Gertrude

Angie Phillips

King

Tommy Swerdlow

Producer

Michael Goldberg

Tom enters from stage left in white tie and tails, sits at the piano, gets his focus as the orchestra in the pit beneath him warms up, and begins to play Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody". Unbeknownst to Tom and the audience, Jerry is asleep across several of the high-note keys inside the instrument, so Tom's playing eventually wakes him. Jerry is pummeled by hammers, bounced by wires, and squeezed by Tom as the cat tries to play the concerto while dispensing with Jerry. Jerry's defensive antics add to the brio of the program and answer Tom with Jerry's own skillful musical attack. By the concerto's end, the duet leaves only one animal standing for the audience's applause.

7.3

Solid Serenade

Aug 31, 1946

Tom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.

7.4

The Bodyguard

Jul 22, 1944

Spike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.

7.1

The Yankee Doodle Mouse

Jun 26, 1943

As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like bombs; and Jerry sending a telegram with the message "Sighted Cat - Sank Same." Musical phrasings from various patriotic war songs are heard throughout.

7.2

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse

Jun 14, 1947

Tom, sick of Jerry stealing the milk out of his bowl, poisons it. Instead of killing the mouse, the potion transforms him into a muscular beast.

0.0

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3.5

How to Sub-Let

Jan 29, 1939

A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

6.0

Opening Day

Nov 12, 1938

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

0.0

Heatwave

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5.0

You're So Hot: Part Deux with Dave Franco & Chris Mintz-Plasse

Jul 9, 2012

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6.6

Happy Go Ducky

Jan 3, 1958

The Easter bunny brings an egg for Tom and Jerry that hatches into the little duckling. He keeps getting into water he shouldn't: the aquarium, water cooler, bathtub, sink, as the boys keep rescuing it. They try to give the duck back to the Easter bunny - no go. They leave it in the pond at the park and think they're home free, until the duckling brings his friends home.

6.3

His Mouse Friday

Jul 7, 1951

Jerry is far from Tom's servant here. Tom, shipwrecked, washes up on a tropical island. His first attempts at food - a coconut and a turtle - are much too hard. But he spots Jerry just before Jerry sees him, and soon has him in the frying pan. Jerry escapes to a cannibal village; when he sees Tom's frightened reaction, he has his plan. Using soot from a pot, he blackens himself, then threatens Tom and starts cooking him. But Jerry's plan - and tail, and un-blackened bottom - is exposed when his grass skirt comes off during his war dance. Jerry helicopters away using the bone in his hair, and leading Tom right into the real cannibals. But Jerry's triumph is short-lived, as a pygmy cannibal comes after him.

7.1

97%

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