(Laurence Olivier, UK 1948, 154 min., 35mm Nitrate)
Sir Laurence Olivier directs and acts in this definitive cinematic version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, which won four well-deserved Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor. A 1948 New York Times review stated that Olivier’s Hamlet gave “something of a rude shock to the theatre's traditionalists to discover that the tragedies of Shakespeare can be eloquently presented on the screen.” The review concluded that with Hamlet—“as vivid and as clear an exposition of the doleful Dane’s dilemma as modern-day playgoers have seen”—Laurence Olivier “gives absolute proof that these classics are magnificently suited to the screen.” Screened at the 2018 Nitrate Picture Show.
35mm Nitrate print courtesy of Library of Congress.
No Admit One or Take-10 Passes will be accepted at this screening. No complimentary admission for this screening.
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