Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.
Austin Pendleton
as Hamlet
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
Xander Berkeley
as Shakespeare
Ernest Perry Jr.
as Claudius & Polonius
Paul Ben-Victor
as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
Todd Louiso
as Ophelia
Angie Phillips
as Gertrude
Tommy Swerdlow
as King
Michael Goldberg
as Producer