To see, or not to see
By Melissa Merli
Thursday April 24, 2008
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British star Timothy Spall, who plays Rosencrantz in the 1996 film 'Hamlet,' the first movie in the 10th annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival, speaks during the festival's opening reception Wednesday at the University of Illinois president's house in Urbana.
URBANA – Relaxing on the patio outside the University of Illinois president's home Wednesday evening, British actor Timothy Spall was pondering whether he would sit through the four-hour movie "Hamlet."
The versatile Spall plays Rosencrantz in the film, which opened the 10th annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival at the Virginia Theatre shortly after the reception at the UI president's home.
"We're both seriously jet-lagged," Spall said of himself and his wife, Shane. "It's a toss-up."
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