"Hamlet Gets His" (1964)

Ahhh...the classics! Here is another entry from my old film collection. This version of Hamlet begins after an earlier version I filmed in 1963 (see elsewhere in my list). This one stars my high school buddies Alan, George, my uncle Mike as well as myself. The story picks up where Hamlet is still searching for Claudius and a pie-fight duel is arranged by Laertes. The pies are poisoned by Anius & the free-for-all begins.
Comedian Soupy Sales was at his peak at the time and there's a heavy influence of his throughout this film. Also, several of the actors listed were not available for the final shoot, so we came up with split-screen filming in several scenes to get everyone together. So, despite the limitations we had, I was pleased with the results. It was shot with a Yashica 8mm camera in Poughkeepsie, NY at the College Hill Park over a weekend.
Filmed: October 18, 1964

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Kerry
• Decker
• Alan
• Chapman
• George
• Eng
• Hamlet
• pies
• Soupy
• Sales
• Poughkeepsie
• NY
• 1964
• Claudius

[pianodon]

Great. Where are they all today? What happened to the rest of the cast?

[KKD1247]

Alan became a professional musician & lives in CA.

George Eng went to RPI in Troy, NY. Lost track of him.

Mike Patterson died in 1965 from cancer.

Kerry moved to FL in 1972, became a pro photographer & did local TV in the 1980s.

[matchheads]

john hopkins is my boy

[xfyre007]

Awesome dude... so kids in the 60's had just as much goofy fun as my friends and I did in the 90's.

[pdcr777]

this is funny

[sandysoup]

So happy to see this film available to thrill a new generation!