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Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.
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Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.
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Genre:Animation, Documentary
Written By:Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane
In Theaters:1/17/2025
Box Office:$211,734
Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:Grasp The Nettle Films, Project 1961, Park Pictures Features, Spark Features, Hazel Pictures, Doc Society
Cast
Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls
Director
Sam Crane
Hamlet (voice)
Pinny Grylls
Filmmaker (voice)
Jen Cohn
Horatio (voice)
Tilly Steele
Ophelia (voice)
Dipo Ola
Laertes (voice)
Mark Oosterveen
Polonius (voice)
Gareth Turkington
Claudius (voice)
Lizzie Wofford
Gertrude (voice)
Sam Forster
Rozencrantz (voice)
Jeremiah O'Connor
Ghost / Player King (voice)
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