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Geoff Klock, an assistant prof at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City has gathered together a couple of hundred references to Hamlet from films and television, crafting recreations of speeches, scenes and jokes about same.  Too many to really comment on, but I loved the juxtaposition of Kevin Kline from Soapdish into his earlier appearance in "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8366850138577882128\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=8366850138577882128\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/8366850138577882128"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/8366850138577882128"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/hamlet-youtube-supercut-2013.html","title":"Hamlet: The YouTube Supercut (2013)."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/mFZT4gOq8io\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-4912735087670165301"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-26T15:28:00.006+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-26T15:29:33.903+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Wolfman (2010)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nHamlet played by Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro).\n\nAs this rather good summary notices, there are plenty of less overt parallel's between The Wolfman and Shakespeare's play (the writer is reviewing Jonathan Maberry's novelisation but the connections are still valid).  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Too often a director and actress portray her as something of a wet blanket, torn by the machinations of the men in her life, her father, brother, Claudius and Hamlet, no more than the forerunner of the kinds of later female roles in both theatre and film that just exist to reflect the masculine uncertainties of the male "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2834575331302044345\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=2834575331302044345\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/2834575331302044345"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/2834575331302044345"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/ophelia-by-lisa-klein.html","title":"Ophelia (2006)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-G-VIb0b9FlQ\/TmTsJtXlZCI\/AAAAAAAABwE\/6OG0dOGDomo\/s72-c\/ophelia.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-5049217995226502383"},"published":{"$t":"2011-04-29T21:10:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-04-29T21:17:57.665+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ian richardson"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"patrick stewart"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark (1969)."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nHamlet played by Ian Richardson.\n\nDespite its excellent reputation for pioneering the presenter led documentary format, after forty years in which the structure has been developed and redeveloped it's often difficult to watch and properly appreciate Civilisation now.  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The title of the film comes from the musical that Steve Coogan’s down at heels teacher is producing in order to save"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2096476405856436458\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=2096476405856436458\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/2096476405856436458"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/2096476405856436458"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/preview-hamlet-2.html","title":"Hamlet 2 (2009)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/__CbsKKZ0o-8\/Spg8p6G_7KI\/AAAAAAAAA4s\/7lOdqSCFR1c\/s72-c\/hamlet2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-9199677338521902813"},"published":{"$t":"2008-09-01T12:31:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-09-01T12:45:59.206+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"To Be Or Not To Be (1942)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Hamlet played by Joseph TuraThe title of Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 film offers a double meaning.  Of course there’s the Hamlet reference which I’ll get to in a moment, but remembering that the film concerns the Polish occupation by Nazi Germany it’s a question and a call to arms – do we hide away in these difficult times surrender ourselves to death (not to be) or be true to ourselves and battle "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9199677338521902813\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=9199677338521902813\u0026isPopup=true","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/9199677338521902813"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/9199677338521902813"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/to-be-or-not-to-be-1942.html","title":"To Be Or Not To Be (1942)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/__CbsKKZ0o-8\/SLvTaDoil-I\/AAAAAAAAAWE\/0zwWi1_1ZYM\/s72-c\/cura.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-2227158831510557297"},"published":{"$t":"2008-06-16T18:18:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-06-16T18:32:14.529+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ye yan (2006)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Prince Wu Luan played by Daniel WuDirected by Xiaogang FengPublicised as a re-imagining of Hamlet set in feudal China and produced in the style of such costumed martial arts epics as Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Yimou Zhang’s Hero, Xiaogang Feng’s film seems to have all of the elements of the play as though they were rewritten by someone who once saw the Mel Gibson version on "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2227158831510557297\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=2227158831510557297\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/2227158831510557297"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/2227158831510557297"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/ye-yan-2006.html","title":"Ye yan (2006)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/__CbsKKZ0o-8\/SFahmy4sC9I\/AAAAAAAAAT4\/501erJ2IQeo\/s72-c\/Wuluan2.gif","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-4607815374779012192"},"published":{"$t":"2008-02-23T23:11:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-02-11T12:30:31.469+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Star Trek:  The Conscience of the King (1966)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nHamlet played by Marc Grady Adams.\nDirected by Gerd Oswald.\n\nThe Enterprise is diverted to some random planet when a childhood friend of Kirk’s thinks that Karidian, the leader of a group of travelling players isn’t just one of the great tragedians of the period but also an ex-politician, Kodos, who brought genocide to half of the citizen of the colony which was under his care.  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That someone wrote the thing, someone decided to direct it, a deal was struck, financing found and then the script was sent around and attracted this cast who then agreed to go on location for principal photography, the footage was "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9051311547423423869\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=9051311547423423869\u0026isPopup=true","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/9051311547423423869"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/9051311547423423869"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/prince-of-jutland-1994.html","title":"Prince of Jutland (1994)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-6452407658328998790"},"published":{"$t":"2007-03-07T21:49:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-04-18T21:51:18.740+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Libertine (2004)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Ophelia played by Elizabeth BarryDirected by The Earl of Rochester A bawdy potential companion piece to Restoration and Stage Beauty, The Libertine portrays the fast life and slow death of the second Earl of Rochester, a soul who paraphrasing his own words, drank and shagged his away around London, all the while falling in and out of favour with Charles II before contracting the pox.  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In The Bleak Midwinter turned up pretty much unheralded but I'd read about it in Empire Magazine who gave it a sparkling review and having loved everything else Kenneth"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8187094063399020681\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=8187094063399020681\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/8187094063399020681"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/8187094063399020681"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/in-bleak-midwinter-1995.html","title":"In The Bleak Midwinter (1995)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-116101571360201124"},"published":{"$t":"2006-10-16T16:29:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-04-18T21:48:21.487+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Koichi Nishi played by Toshiro MifuneDirected by Akira KurosawaOr The Bad Sleep Well for the English translation.  Akira Kurosawa's approach to Hamlet (in TohoVision!) reminds me of the quip Eric Morcambe once made to Andre Previn during a Christmas spectacular.  \"I'm playing all the right notes. Just not necessarily in the right order.\"  Which isn't to say that in this admirable film anything is"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/116101571360201124\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=116101571360201124\u0026isPopup=true","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/116101571360201124"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/116101571360201124"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/warui-yatsu-hodo-yoku-nemuru-1960.html","title":"Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960)\u003Cbr\u003E"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-116068780333142841"},"published":{"$t":"2006-10-12T21:46:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-02-11T12:31:04.368+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet (2004)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nHamlet played by Simon Keenlyside\nDirected by Toni Bargallo\n\nWhen I began this journey I knew that it would be a learning experience and not just because I'd essentially be seeing the same story, over, and over, and over again.  I knew there would adaptations I would end up watching and although there are a couple that I'm saving until I'm really in the mood, last night I sat through Ambroise "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/116068780333142841\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=116068780333142841\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/116068780333142841"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/116068780333142841"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/ambroise-thomass-hamlet.html","title":"Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet (2004)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-115429736115026372"},"published":{"$t":"2006-07-30T22:50:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-20T21:39:43.400+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Slings and Arrows (2003)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nHamlet played by Jack Crew\nDirected by Geoffrey Tennant\n\nAny backstage theatre drama that decides to tackle a production of Hamlet must be brave and crazy since they ultimately risk comparison with Ken Branagh's charming In The Bleak Midwinter.  The excellent Canadian television series Slings and Arrows neatly sidesteps the issue by concentrating on the business and sponsorship of a modern "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/115429736115026372\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=115429736115026372\u0026isPopup=true","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/115429736115026372"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/115429736115026372"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/slings-and-arrows.html","title":"Slings and Arrows (2003)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-113667104646363641"},"published":{"$t":"2006-01-07T21:36:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-10-08T13:29:09.240+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hamlet liikemaailmassa (1987)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nHamlet played by Pirkka-Pekka Petelius\nDirected by Aki Kaurismaki\n\nThis film, whose English release title was Hamlet Goes Business is darkly comic noir thriller set in contemporary Finland, transposing the story to the corridors and offices of industry which takes just as many liberties with the plot and dialogue as The Lion King and even has the audacity to offer a twist ending.  Imagine "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/113667104646363641\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=113667104646363641\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/113667104646363641"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/113667104646363641"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/hamlet-liikemaailmassa-1987.html","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/uk.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093139\/\"\u003EHamlet liikemaailmassa (1987)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195862.post-111403294587794495"},"published":{"$t":"2005-04-20T22:29:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-10-04T15:33:18.167+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"almost hamlet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"the lion king"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Lion King (1994)"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nSimba was voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas \u0026 Matthew Broderick; animated by Tom Bancroft \u0026 Dale Baer.\nDirected by Roger Allers \u0026 Rob Minkoff\n\nOn release, The Lion King was widely broached as being a departure for Disney -- it was their first major animated film not based on a particular source material, be it a fairy tale or piece of literature.  Which in watching is only half-true.  Whilst it "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/111403294587794495\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=10195862\u0026postID=111403294587794495\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/111403294587794495"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/10195862\/posts\/default\/111403294587794495"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/thehamletweblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/04\/lion-king.html","title":"The Lion King (1994)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stuart Ian Burns"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18132101517832896837"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"24","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/profile.ak.facebook.com\/profile5\/340\/96\/n604511976_6877.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});