Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead

"The play's the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king," Hamlet cries out in Shakespeare's immortal tragedy. In ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, the play's the whole world as we watch two minor characters from Hamlet become embroiled in the court intrigues at Elsinore.

Rosencrantz (Gary Oldman) and Guildenstern (Tim Roth) are first seen lumbering through a barren landscape, unsure of where they are heading, except for a strange feeling that they were sent for by a messenger. A troupe of itinerent players, headed by the Player King (Richard Dreyfuss), comes upon them and offers to perform for them. But suddenly the troupe disappears and...