Hamlet 2

Title : Hamlet 2
Genres: Comedy
Distributors: Focus Features
U.S. Box Office: $4,881,867
Starring: Skylar Astin, Steve Coogan, Natalie Amenula, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener
Directed by: Andrew Fleming

Synopsis :

After an opening recapping the highlights of Dana Marschz's unsuccessful acting career (undignified television commercials and a bit acting part), the film joins him "where dreams go to die": Tucson, Arizona. He is an even more unsuccessful suburban high school drama teacher, with only two (enthusiastic) students and a history of producing school plays that are merely stage adaptations of Hollywood films (his latest being Erin Brockovich). When the new term begins, a bunch of inner city kids are forced to transfer classes, due to destruction of a building in the school, and take his class, as it is the only remaining arts elective available. He gets off to a rocky start with the new students, and is floored when the school notifies him that the drama program – a worthless waste of money in the administration's judgment – is to be shut down at the end of the term. Unintentionally inspired by the school paper's ruthless pre-adolescent drama critic, Dana undertakes to write and produce an original play: a sequel to Hamlet featuring a time-traveling title character, and a song-and-dance number featuring the Son of God, called "Rock Me Sexy Jesus". He begins to win the cooperation of his students, but is further traumatized when his wife leaves him for the uninteresting – but fertile – boarder they had taken into their home to supplement their modest income. The students rally to finish the play, especially after the school shuts down the production over its controversial content, staging it in an abandoned warehouse and rave spot, amid a media frenzy.