Todd Louiso's "15 Minute Hamlet"

January 3, 2011 2:40 PM

I'm looking for a copy of Todd Lousio's "15 Minute Hamlet".

Todd Louiso directed a short film version of Tom Stoppard's "15 Minute Hamlet" in 1995. It was shown at film festivals and has been occasionally shown on the Sundance Channel -- it's 22 minutes and so I think they use it to "fill in" the remainder of a half-hour time slot when a movie runs, say, 5 minutes into the next time slot. I've been trying to find a copy for some time with no success. Has this film ever been released on VHS or DVD, possibly in a collection of short films, or as a special feature on another movie?

posted by fuzzygerdes to media & arts (4 answers total)

It's on youtube in two parts.
posted by leafwoman at 3:50 PM on January 3, 2011

Search for "Fifteen" instead of "15"
posted by leafwoman at 3:51 PM on January 3, 2011

Yes, there are a variety of live performances of the play "15 Minute Hamlet" posted on YouTube (mostly student performances). What I'm looking for is a specific adaptation to a short film, directed by Todd Louiso, and starring Austin Pendleton as Hamlet, Todd Louiso as Ophelia, and Philip Seymour Hoffman in several roles. I've definitely looked on YouTube and I just did a new search for "minute Hamlet" and looked through the first 12 pages of results, just in case I had missed it (by page 12 you're well into unrelated videos). Thanks, though.
posted by fuzzygerdes at 4:31 PM on January 3, 2011

Thanks to a non-MeFite who found this question in his googling for the same film but then also found a newly uploaded YouTube video (from a 1980s videotape) of the short film in question. Thanks, AC:

part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSDUnc9Qbts
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KaARdL-10c
posted by fuzzygerdes at 9:01 AM on August 29, 2011