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PermalinkFriday, March 22, 1996
A Midwinter's Tale (Sony Pictures)
Kenneth Branagh has tackled Shakespeare in film versions of Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing . Now he looks at the Bard from the perspective of a group of struggling actors trying to pull off Hamlet during the Christmas break in A Midwinter's Tale (opening March 22).
Joe: "I want this production to be innovative..."
Joe Harper is not in the habit of producing plays. In fact, if he had has way he'd much rather act in them. But no one's been willing to hire him as an actor for more than a year and the rejection is taking its toll on his already shaky confidence. Rather than wallow in his existential despair, Joe decides to channel his suicidal tendencies into a self-financed production of Hamlet in which he will play the melancholy Dane. He borrows money from his agent, secures a condemned church in the English countryside for his theater and then sets out to cast and mount the production over the upcoming Christmas holidays. And so begins Kenneth Branagh's delicious comedy, A Midwinter's Tale.
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