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* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] (Romeo Montague) |
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* [[Claire Danes]] (Juliet Capulet) |
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* [[John Leguizamo]] (Tybalt) |
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| Directed by | Baz Luhrmann |
| Written by | William Shakespeare (Play) Craig Pearce (Screenplay) Baz Luhrmann (Screenplay) |
| Produced by | Baz Luhrmann Gabriella Martinelli |
| Starring | Leonardo DiCaprio Claire Danes |
| Cinematography | Donald McAlpine |
| Edited by | Jill Bilcock |
| Music by | Craig Armstrong Marius De Vries |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates | November 1, 1996 |
Running time | 120 mins. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14,500,000 (estimated) |
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann.
This film is a transposition of Shakespeare's play into the present day, with swords replaced by guns and castles with skyscrapers, and was directed at a younger, modern audience. However, the film uses Shakespeare's original dialogue, albeit with certain scenes rearranged.
The story takes place in Verona Beach, California, styled after Los Angeles, and a fictional place in the Mojave Desert called Mantua.
The film differs from the play in that the character Paris (or Dave Paris, the modern renaming) is not killed, and that the Montagues provoke the initial fight instead of the Capulets. Many lines in the film refer to weapons, so to save changing the script away from the original, the cast wield guns with fictional brand names like "Sword" or "Dagger".
Critical reaction to this film remains mixed with some condemning it as sacriligeous to Shakespeare's play while others found modern day characters speaking in ancient English a shocking and even ludicrous point of the film. However, others have praised the director for his bold move in trying to bring Shakespeare to modern audiences.
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo Montague)is so dam fine he gots the body of a god
- Claire Danes (Juliet Capulet)
- John Leguizamo (Tybalt)
- Harold Perrineau (Mercutio)
- Brian Dennehy (Ted Montague)
- Christina Pickles (Caroline Montague)
- Paul Sorvino (Fulgencio Capulet)
- Diane Venora (Gloria Capulet)
- Vondie Curtis-Hall (Captain Prince)
- Pete Postlethwaite (Father Laurence)
- Miriam Margolyes (The Nurse)
- Dash Mihok (Benvolio)
- Paul Rudd (Dave Paris)
- Jesse Bradford (Balthasar)
- M. Emmet Walsh (Crusty the Apothecary)
Awards and Nominations
At the Berlin International Film Festival in 1997, it won:
- Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio)
- Alfred Bauer Prize
1996 Academy Awards nominations:
- Best Art Direction (Catherine Martin)
- Set Decoration (Brigitte Brochbulshit)
External links
- http://www.romeoandjuliet.com/ Official Website
- Romeo + Juliet at IMDb
