Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Jordan Galland. The films title refers to a fictitious playwithinthemovie, which is a comic reinterpretation of Shakespeares Hamlet and its aftermath and whose title is a reference to the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. The cast includes Devon Aoki, John Ventimiglia, Kris Lemche, Ralph Macchio, Jeremy Sisto and Waris Ahluwalia. The film stars Jake Hoffman son of Dustin Hoffman. An original musical score was composed and performed by Sean Lennon.
Julian Marsh Jake Hoffman, an unemployed young lothario, is forced by his doctor dad Chip Zien to accept a job directing an offBroadway play called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, which is described as a weird adaptation of Hamlet. The play has been written by a mysterious, pallid Romanian named Theo Horace John Ventimiglia, a vampire who has just killed a young woman Bijou Phillips. Unaware of the danger that surrounds Theos play, Julian casts his best friend Vince Kris Lemche as Hamlet and uses his new job to impress his exgirlfriend, Anna Devon Aoki, an aspiring actress. To Julians dismay, Anna has taken up with a shady businessman named Bobby Bianchi Ralph Macchio, who has reputed ties to the Mafia. When Anna is cast as Ophelia, she slowly gets involved with Theo. The roles of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Theos play are filled by Carlo Carlos Velazquez and Mickey Mike Landry, two narcissistic actors as foolish as the characters they are cast to play. Opening night draws near and people begin to die. Two bumbling New York City detectives Jeremy Sisto and Lou Carbonneau chase suspects as the movie builds to its climactic sequence.Theos play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, is revealed in short segments throughout the movie. Its basic plot points are that Hamlets friend Horatio played by Theo is a master vampire, over 2000 years old, who had once lived in ancient Rome. Through a series of twists and turns, Hamlet and his simpleminded friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, become vampires themselves. When Horatio attempts to turn Hamlets girlfriend Ophelia into a vampire, she thwarts him by drowning herself first. Hamlet angrily confronts Horatio but discovers that one vampire cannot kill another. His only hope of reversing the curse that rendered him a vampire is to find the Holy Grail and drink from it. Horatio also becomes obsessed with finding the Grail in order to destroy it. The battle for the Grail between Hamlet and Horatio lasts for
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