The 1990 version of Hamlet directed by Franco Zeffirelli (Links to an external site.) is a two-hour movie in which several scenes were cut from the original four-hour play. It is accessible and interesting to watch. Zeffirelli is also the director of the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. He received an Academy Award nomination for directing the play. Later in his life, he received many different honors. Due to his experience of directing other plays into films, Hamlet is another successful masterpiece. The actor of Hamlet was Mel Gibson who usually showed on the screen as an action movie protagonist in the past. Hamlet was the first classic movie that Gibson made a try. He did not deduct Hamlet in the best way; at least, he made the movie
