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Summary Struggling actors Sam and Mark find solace from lockdown isolation by staging Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto, battling griefers as they connect through Shakespeare.
Directed By: Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls
Written By: Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls
- 1 h 29 m
- 1 h 29 m
Grand Theft Hamlet
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Summary Struggling actors Sam and Mark find solace from lockdown isolation by staging Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto, battling griefers as they connect through Shakespeare.
Directed By: Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls
Written By: Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls
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Generally Favorable
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Ultimately, we witness an acting community’s evolution throughout the film.
I wish we got to see more of the big show at the end of the movie, but that’s almost beside the point — all that matters is that, somehow, someway, it goes on.
What initially seems like too absurd and comedic a conceit to work for a full 90 minutes ends up being one of the more human and successful works of art inspired by the COVID lockdowns.
The questing duo has trusted ‘GTA’ and its trigger-happy denizens: they just need to trust the audience a little bit more that this new world can be enjoyed without the same old beats.
The film gets across the weird weight of lockdown, a time of tension and anxiety but also an opportunity for creative growth none of us saw coming.
The infrastructure of the game leaves things wide open for human creativity to take it in directions that couldn’t be predicted and people foster connections without any superficial prejudices getting in the way as Crane and Oosterveen assemble a cast.
Grand Theft Hamlet shows how incredible it is to see how a new medium of storytelling can shift what we know of a beloved work and put it into an entirely new context after centuries.
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Production Company
Grasp The Nettle Films,
Project 1961
Duration 1 h 29 m
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Website
http://www.grandthefthamlet.com/
Awards
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination