Hamlet 2 Page #2

Synopsis: Dana Marschz is a failed actor and recovering alcoholic who's moved to Tucson to teach high school drama, where he's plagued by bad reviews, student indifference, budget woes (he and his wife, who is trying to get pregnant, take in a boarder), and his own teaching limitations. Because the other electives are closed, he finds himself with a large class of seeming gang-bangers, and the principal informs him that drama will be cut next trimester. On the advice of a student reviewer, Dana decides to stage his own play, a sequel to "Hamlet" in which the prince and Jesus, with the use of a time machine, try to save Gertrude and Ophelia. Can Dana for once pull something off?
Genre: Comedy, Music
Director(s): Andrew Fleming
Production: Focus Features
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
R
Year:
2008
92 min
$4,784,111
Website
277 Views


Check these out. They're all

inspirational...

Teacher.

...teacher movies.

What could I do

to inspire...

Hey, you f***ing bastards!

Just kidding. Hope I'm

not freaking you out.

Wait, I hope I am freaking you out!

Is this guy for real?

Okay, let's start with an exercise.

Rand, get up here.

Okay, Rand. Be an animal.

Hey, check this out.

Yeah, this is one of the most basic

skills a drama student can acquire.

That's beautiful, Rand.

Feline good.

Anyone tell what kind of animal Rand is?

He's a p*ssy.

Okay.

Okay. So, Heywood.

What?

What kind of creature would you be?

I could be a flaming ass crack.

Oh, wait, you're already doing that.

You know, I'd like to see your Bottom.

Like to see my what?

I'd like to see your Bottom.

I mean, your portrayal of Bottom

in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

A Midsummer Night's Dream.

It's written by a buddy of

mine, you may have heard of him,

William Shakespeare.

Yeah, he liked to goof around,

but most of the time he was serious.

Because he, like I, believed

that theater has the power,

not only to transform the actor,

but also the audience.

Do you believe that?

Sounds kind of cuckoo-bananas.

But I believe that.

I believe that with

every fiber of my being.

If I kick this trash can...

Oh, my God! Yolanda!

Oh, my God!

Okay, she's still conscious

and she's not bleeding.

Man, you need to be careful.

You know what I'm saying?

Hey, I've learned a lesson here,

but I hope you all have, too.

About the vitality of shared experience.

We will all remember this

moment for the rest of our lives.

It was dramatic. It was visual.

It was stupid.

It was stupid, but it was also theater.

Okay, I'd like to borrow

your cell. Call 911.

Yolanda?

Yolanda?

It's free. Wake up.

Hey.

We started without you.

Apologies.

I had to spend some

time with the lawyers

for the school district and paramedics.

Now, it's all going to work out.

There's no brain damage.

No charges will be pressed.

I think I need a

quesadilla. Immediamente!

Nothing you are saying

makes any sense to me.

Turns out my class is fourteen

times as crowded as it normally is.

I've got a real tough nut to crack.

A Mexican boy, lives by his wits.

I'm going to inspire this year.

I mean, make a real difference.

I feel, for the first time, I

can make a genuine difference.

Oh, God! I am getting hammered!

Careful, Brie. You know how you get.

No, Dana. How do I get?

Please, tell me how I get.

Hmm?

No, I see. I got you. I totally got you.

Okay, she got me.

You guys laugh so much.

Another gem of an insight from Gary.

Our boarder, Gary.

Hey, don't forget. We have

an A-P-P-O-l-N-T-M-E-N- at the sperm doctor on Wednesday.

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