Hamlet A.D.D.

Hamlet A.D.D.
Directed by	Bobby Ciraldo Andrew Swant
Produced by	Bobby Ciraldo
Written by	Andrew Swant
Starring	Bobby Ciraldo Andrew Swant Mark Metcalf Majel Barrett Dustin Diamond Kevin Murphy Trace Beaulieu Neil Hamburger Mark Borchardt Kumar Pallana Robert Richard Jorge Leslie Hall Tay Zonday Samwell David Robbins
Release dates	2014 (2014)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hamlet A.D.D., directed by Bobby Ciraldo & Andrew Swant and produced by Special Entertainment, is a 2014 independent feature film and web series which re-imagines Shakespeare’s play as a bizarre and comical tour through the ages.^[1] The world premiere was held at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA LA) in April 2014.^[2]

This version of Hamlet is a comedy shot entirely in front of a green screen and features live-action characters in an animated world. The story begins in 1602 and leaps chronologically through time to the present, then into the distant future.

Guest stars include Dustin Diamond (Saved by the Bell), Mark Metcalf (Animal House), Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Star Trek), Trace Beaulieu & Kevin Murphy (Mystery Science Theater 3000), Mark Borchardt & Mike Schank (American Movie), Kumar Pallana (Rushmore), Leslie Hall (Yo Gabba Gabba!), Samwell ("What What"), Tay Zonday (Chocolate Rain), Michael Q. Schmidt (Tim & Eric Awesome Show), and comic Gregg Turkington as his character Neil Hamburger (Tim & Eric Awesome Show).^[3]

Scenes from the film have been shown at White Columns gallery (New York City), the Green Gallery (Milwaukee), the Frederick Layton Gallery (MIAD), INOVA gallery (UW-Milwaukee), and appeared as a special feature on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 XV box set. The film was supported by the Mary L. Nohl Fellowship for Artists.

Plot

Hamlet is an easily distracted prince who is not quite ready to do the task at hand. Challenged to kill his uncle Claudius by the ghost of his recently dead dad, Hamlet enthusiastically proceeds to do everything but. From practicing stage acting in the 1800s to producing a television drama in the 1950s, from dancing at the discothèque in the 1970s to culinary prankery in the distant future, Hamlet always manages to find something to distract himself from taking revenge for his father's murder.

Cast

Bobby Ciraldo as Hamlet
Robert Richard Jorge as Claudius
Andrew Swant as Horatio
Xav Leplae as Polonius
Harmony Murphy as Ophelia
Dustin Diamond as Bernardo
Mark Metcalf as Speedy McSpitty
Majel Barrett Roddenberry as Queen Robot (voice)
Trace Beaulieu as Evil Robot (voice)
Kevin Murphy as King Robot (voice)
Mark Borchardt as Gravedigger
Mike Schank as Gravedigger's Friend
Kumar Pallana as Kumar
Neil Hamburger as Osric
Michael Q. Schmidt as Officer Norton
Samwell as Communications Officer
Tay Zonday as Laertes (voice)
Leslie Hall as Zombie Killer
Laura Klein as Gertrude
David Robbins as Norwegian Captain
Jerod Duris as Laertes
Eric Ziegeweid as Rosenstern
Eric Gerber as Fortinbras
Sarah Price as Triplet Judges
Scott Reeder as Don London
Drew Rosas as Daniel / Nathaniel

References

↑ Schumacher, Mary Louise. "Milwaukee Duo Brings Hamlet A.D.D. to Life," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2014. http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/milwaukee-duo-brings-hamlet-add-to-life-b99179692z1-241724871.html
↑ http://milwaukeerecord.com/film/watch-trailer-long-works-hamlet-d-d/
↑ http://expressmilwaukee.com/blog-9741-the-what-what-in-the-butt-guys-are-kickstarting-a-.html

External links

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Characters

Soliloquies

Words and phrases

Terminology

Influence

Performances

Moscow Art Theatre (1911–1912)
Richard Burton (1964)

On screen

Adaptations

Films	The Rest Is Silence (1959) The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Ophelia (1963) Johnny Hamlet (1968) One Hamlet Less (1973) The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet (1977) Strange Brew (1983) Hamlet Goes Business (1987) The Lion King (1994) Let the Devil Wear Black (1999) Dating Hamlet (2002) The Banquet (2006) Karmayogi (2012) Haider (2014) Hamlet A.D.D. (2014)

Novels	Gertrude and Claudius (2000) Ophelia's Revenge (2003) The Dead Fathers Club (2006) Something Rotten (2007) Hamlet's Father (2008) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008)

Plays	Hamletmachine (1977) Dogg's Hamlet (1979) Fortinbras (1991) Hamlet (2005)

Musicals	Rockabye Hamlet (1973) The Lion King (1997)

Television	1959 Australian TV Production Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) Hamlet (1992) Hamlet (2009)

Parody

Songs

"My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone" (16th century)
"Pull Me Under" (1992)
"Song for Athene" (1997)

Opera/Classical

Hamlet (Thomas)
Amleto (Faccio)
Hamlet (Tchaikovsky)
Tristia (Berlioz)
Die Hamletmaschine (Rihm)

Story within a story

Films	To Be or Not to Be (1942) Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1973) To Be or Not to Be (1983) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Renaissance Man (1994) In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) Hamlet 2 (2008) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009) Three Days (2012)

Plays	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966) Stage Blood (1974) I Hate Hamlet (1991) To Be or Not to Be (2008)

Novels	Hamlet, Revenge! (1937) Theatre of War (1994) "The Undiscovered" (1997) The Shakespeare Stealer (1998) Interred with Their Bones (2007)

Television	"The Producer" (1966) Slings & Arrows (2003)

Art

Ophelia
Affe mit Schädel

Video game

Last Action Hero (1993)
Hamlet (2010)

Intertextuality

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