I saw Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead...

 by divadavoo on 29. Jul, 2009 | No Comments

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (film) 1990

My favorite movie of all times is
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990) ~ the screenplay was done by Tom Stoppard, the same man who wrote the play by the same name (first staged in 1966). The movie stars Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss and Joanna Roth. I actually still have a VHS copy of this movie and like to watch it at least once a year.

One year the actual play came to Kirkland, WA in February 2001 and I got to ~

Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead (2001)

It was very well done and fun to see the play vs. the movie. Live theater is such a treat and I don’t do it often enough. To truly love this play, or movie, you need to know the play Hamlet by Shakespeare ~ there is just no way around it. Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an inverse of Hamlet. So, if you know your Hamlet, you will love this story ~ if you don’t I still believe it is a must see if you like any of the actors in the movie. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth are so much fun to watch in this movie. So when I saw the play it was wonderful but really wanted Gary Oldman and Tim Roth to be the ones on stage.

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