Hamlet (9/10) Movie CLIP - The Poisoned Cup (1990) HD

Hamlet movie clips: BUY THE MOVIE: Don’t miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: CLIP DESCRIPTION: While Hamlet (Mel Gibson) and Laertes (Nathaniel Parker) duel, Claudius (Alan Bates) attempts to poison Hamlet’s drink. FILM DESCRIPTION: Franco Zeffirelli directs his third Shakespeare adaptation (after Romeo and Juliet and Otello) with this film version of the tragedy Hamlet. The titular prince of Denmark (Mel Gibson), returns home to his family’s castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father has died and his uncle Claudius (Alan Bates) is the new king. To make matters worse, Claudius has married Hamlet’s mother, Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close), whom he has unusually strong feelings for. Hamlet is visited by his father’s ghost (Paul Scofield), who asks him to seek revenge for his murder. In order to find out who the real killer is, Hamlet stages a theatrical scene resembling his