Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (12-Sep-1990)

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Richard Dreyfuss Actor 29-Oct-1947 Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Iain Glen Actor 24-Jun-1961 Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Gary Oldman Actor 21-Mar-1958 Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy

Ian Richardson Actor 7-Apr-1934 9-Feb-2007 House of Cards

Tim Roth Actor 14-May-1961 Pulp Fiction

REVIEWS

Review by Roy Speed (posted on 31-Mar-2005)

A remarkable film, and for a number of reasons. First, it's Tom Stoppard directing his own play, which is itself an unusually fine piece of writing. Second, it's unusual for a filmed play to burst so completely out of the confines of the stage -- it doesn't feel stagey at all. Third, it's funny -- really funny -- and clever-funny (as opposed to stupid-funny), so brilliant that it's thrilling. The concept is simple but clever: The principals in this story are two minor characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet, most of what we're watching is just offstage from the main events in Shakespeare's play.

Gary Oldman and Tim Roth were both quite young and have never been better. Best scene: the game of questions, played in a medieval tennis court.

Review by anonymous (posted on 31-Mar-2005)

A remarkable film, and for a number of reasons. First, it's Tom Stoppard directing his own play, which is an unusually fine piece of writing. Second, it's unusual for a filmed play to burst so completely out the confines of the stage -- it doesn't feel stagey at all. Third, it's funny -- really funny -- and clever-funny (as opposed to stupid-funny), so brilliant that it's thrilling. The concept is simple but clever: The principals in this story are two minor characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet, most of what we're watching is just offstage from the main events in Shakespeare's play. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth were both quite young and have never been better. Best scene: the game of questions, played in a medieval tennis court.

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