Hamlet (2000)

Help! Differences between the play Hamlet and the 2000 film version with Ethan Hawke?

I need specific examples of differences between the two versions of Hamlet for a 250 word english assignment. any help would be hugely appreciated!! thanks

Everything about the setting is different, but the words/plot are the same.
The movie is set in modern day, Prince Hamlet records everything with a camcorder, Denmark is not a country but a corportation, and the film is set in New York.
His “To Be or Not To Be” speech is in a Blockbuster video. You should really watch the film; it’s pretty great. Polonious is played by Bill Murray and Ophelia by Julia Stiles.

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