What is The Seven Percent Solution / Hamlet about?

THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION, 1976, Universal, 113 min. Dir. Herbert Ross. Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) and Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin) meet up when Watson (Robert Duvall) decides his boss needs help with his cocaine-fueled delusions. Screenwriter Nicholas Meyer's dazzling blend of comic adventure and serious drama, adapted from his own novel, is a rousing crowd-pleaser that's also smart and moving. HAMLET, 1969, Sony Repertory, 117 min. Shakespeare’s classic tragedy gets the Tony Richardson treatment (brought to the screen after a successful stage run of Richardson’s own production in London), and stars Nicol Williamson in the titular role, with Anthony Hopkins as King Claudius and Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia

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What is The Seven Percent Solution / Hamlet about?: THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION, 1976, Universal, 113 min. Dir. Herbert Ross. Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) and Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin) meet up when Watson (Robert Duvall) decides his boss needs help with his cocaine-fueled delusions. Screenwriter Nicholas Meyer's dazzling blend of comic adventure and serious drama, adapted from his own novel, is a rousing crowd-pleaser that's also smart and moving.

HAMLET, 1969, Sony Repertory, 117 min. Shakespeare’s classic tragedy gets the Tony Richardson treatment (brought to the screen after a successful stage run of Richardson’s own production in London), and stars Nicol Williamson in the titular role, with Anthony Hopkins as King Claudius and Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia