Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Poster Image
Rated
PG
Runtime 117 min
Ratings
61% critics Rotten Tomatoes
87% audience Rotten Tomatoes
Genre Comedy, Drama
Release 02/08/91
Actors Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss
Directors Tom Stoppard
Showing events from the point of view of two minor characters from Hamlet, men who have no control over their destiny, this film examines fate and asks, Can we ever really know what's going on? Are answers as important as questions? Will Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or Guildenstern and Rosencrantz) manage to discover the source of Hamlet's malaise as requested by the new king? Will the mysterious players who are strolling around the castle reveal the secrets they evidently know? And whose serve is it?
Genre Comedy, Drama
Release 02/08/91
Actors Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss
Directors Tom Stoppard
Showing events from the point of view of two minor characters from Hamlet, men who have no control over their destiny, this film examines fate and asks, Can we ever really know what's going on? Are answers as important as questions? Will Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or Guildenstern and Rosencrantz) manage to discover the source of Hamlet's malaise as requested by the new king? Will the mysterious players who are strolling around the castle reveal the secrets they evidently know? And whose serve is it?