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    Romeo and Juliet

    G1968 · Romance · 2h 18m

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  1. 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.

    • Franco Zeffirelli
    • 238
    • 4 min
  2. 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. Laurence Olivier spoke the film's prologue and epilogue and dubs the voice of Antonio ...

    • $850,000
    • 4 March 1968 (Royal Film Performance), 5 March 1968 (United Kingdom), 19 October 1968 (Italy)
  3. Sep 17, 2000 · "Romeo and Juliet" remains the magical high point of his career. To see it again is to luxuriate. It is intriguing that Zeffirelli in 1968 focused on love, while Baz Luhrmann's popular version of 1996 focused on violence; something fundamental has changed in films about and for young people, and recent audiences seem shy of sex and love but eager for conflict and action.

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  5. In the Italian city of Verona, the Montague and the Capulet families are perpetually feuding. When Romeo (Leonard Whiting), a handsome young Montague, disregards convention by attending a Capulet ...

    • (3K)
    • Franco Zeffirelli
    • PG
    • Leonard Whiting
  6. Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet 1968 won Acadamy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design; it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture. When it first came out it was a revelation. School students were able to identify more fully with the play and its characters than ever before. For the first time, the ‘star crossed ...

  7. Screenwriter. Franco Zeffirelli. Company. Trailer. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are Shakespeare's ill-starred teens in Franco Zeffirelli's movie of (1968). Film Details. Also Known As. Romeo e Giulietta. Genre.

  8. Shakespeare's classic tale of romance and tragedy. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for years. Young Romeo Montague goes out with his friends to make trouble at a party the Capulets are hosting, but while there he spies the Capulet's daughter Juliet, and falls hopelessly in love with her.

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