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Romeo and Juliet: Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea. When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.
- (35K)
- Drama, Romance
- Franco Zeffirelli
- 1968-10-08
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When Romeo (Leonard Whiting), a handsome young Montague, disregards convention by attending a Capulet ball, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet (Olivia Hussey), a Capulet.
- (43)
- Franco Zeffirelli
- PG
- Leonard Whiting
Sep 17, 2000 · What is left is what people love the play for--the purity of the young lovers' passion, the earthiness of Juliet's nurse, the well-intentioned plans of Friar Laurence, the hot-blooded feud between the young men of the families, the cruel irony of the double deaths.
Moderate 72 of 207 found this moderate. There are very vague allusions to sexuality in the film, as well as passionate kisses between the two lovers. Many shots of Juliet's cleavage. There is very brief partial nudity seen on Romeo and Juliet when they are in bed on their wedding night. We see Romeo naked from the back for a few seconds, and ...
Franco Zeffirelli's ambitious production of ROMEO AND JULIET brought Shakespeare to the masses in 1968. He did it not by dumbing the play down, but by casting two talented unknowns, Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey (ages seventeen and fifteen, respectively) as the leads.
- Leonard Whiting, Michael York, Olivia Hussey
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Paramount Pictures
Romeo and Juliet (Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet. Roger Ebert October 15, 1968. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Like many victims of the American education system, I had a dislike for Shakespeare years before I got my hands on anything he had written. His name was a password to be profaned by 12-year-olds whose voices had started to change and who therefore had ...