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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

Film · 1991 · 117 min · PG · Comedy · Drama

A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.

Directed by Tom Stoppard

Starring Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Iain Glen, Ian Richardson, Donald Sumpter, Joanna Miles, Joanna Roth

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In cinemas8 February 1991
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Physical release7 August 1991
First release anywhere8 February 1991

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