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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead: The Film
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead The Film Author:Tom Stoppard Through a stony and inhospitable landscape ride two horsemen, cloaked and hatted against the cold. But these are not cowboys in Indian country--it is a pair of attendant lords. For his first feature film as director, Tom Stoppard employed himself as screen-writer, brilliantly recreating in cinematic terms his classic play about two minor and all... more » but indistinguishable characters from Hamlet. All the wit and imaginative brio of the original is harnessed to exploit the artistic possibilities of the new medium. With Gary Oldman and Tim Roth playing the leading roles, this directorial debut is set to match the impact of Stoppard's first major success as a playwright.« less