Grand Theft Hamlet
Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.
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Cast
11 people
Sam Crane
Hamlet (voice)
Known for
Trigger Point
Van der Valk
Pinny Grylls
Filmmaker (voice)
Jen Cohn
Horatio (voice)
Known for
Turbo
Welcome to Chippendales
Tilly Steele
Ophelia (voice)
Known for
Victoria
Dipo Ola
Laertes (voice)
Known for
Landscapers
Ludwig
Mark Oosterveen
Polonius (voice)
Known for
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Hedda
Gareth Turkington
Claudius (voice)
Known for
Shadow and Bone
Lizzie Wofford
Gertrude (voice)
Also in
Scotty
Sam Forster
Rozencrantz (voice)
Jeremiah O'Connor
Ghost / Player King (voice)
Also in
Call the Midwife
Sam Foster
Rozencrantz
Pinny Grylls Director · Sam Crane Director William Shakespeare Author
Worldwide gross $212K · Budget $200K · United States release January 17, 2025
Box office
Budget
$200,000
Worldwide gross
$211,734
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Grasp The Nettle Films
Production
Project 1961
Production
Park Pictures Features
Production
Spark Features
Production
Hazel Pictures
Production
Doc Society
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · March 10, 2024
Premiere · South by Southwest Film & TV Festival
United Kingdom · December 6, 2024
Theatrical
United States · January 17, 2025
Limited theatrical
United States · February 21, 2025
Digital · MUBI
United States
October 19, 2024 · Premiere · Philadelphia Film Festival
Argentina
February 21, 2025 · Digital · MUBI
Australia
August 10, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
October 20, 2024 · Premiere · SXSW Sydney
Canada
April 27, 2024 · Premiere · Hot Docs International Film Festival
September 16, 2024 · Premiere · Atlantic International Film Festival
September 22, 2024 · Premiere · Calgary International Film Festival
September 29, 2024 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
China
December 7, 2024 · Premiere · Hainan Island International Film Festival
April 20, 2025 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Denmark
March 17, 2024 · Premiere · CPH:DOX
Iceland
September 27, 2024 · Premiere · Reykjavík International Film Festival
Ireland
December 6, 2024 · Theatrical
Italy
October 21, 2024 · Premiere · Festa del Cinema di Roma
Mexico
February 21, 2025 · Digital · MUBI
Netherlands
November 15, 2024 · Premiere · International Documentary Film Festival
New Zealand
August 7, 2024 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
Norway
August 19, 2024 · Premiere · Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
South Korea
September 27, 2024 · Premiere · DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
Spain
October 7, 2024 · Premiere · Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
Switzerland
April 12, 2024 · Premiere · Visions du Réel Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 20, 2024 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
October 21, 2024 · Premiere · FilmBath Festival
February 21, 2025 · Digital · MUBI
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