Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, 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.
Writing
Stoppard's wordplay so dense you'll need to pause and google.
Acting
Oldman and Roth's chemistry as interchangeable nobodies.
Direction
Stoppard adapting his own play with zero compromise.
Director
Tom Stoppard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Oldman and Roth were so committed to the bit that they sometimes forgot which role they were playing between takes.
Stoppard wrote the original play in 1966 at 29, essentially inventing the 'minor characters deserve their own movie' genre decades before it became a Marvel strategy.
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