Romeo and Juliet (1968)

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Directed by

Franco Zeffirelli

Starring (View all)

Leonard Whiting
Romeo

Olivia Hussey
Juliet

John McEnery
Mercutio

Milo O'Shea
Friar Laurence

Pat Heywood
The Nurse

Robert Stephens
The Prince

Michael York
Tybalt

Bruce Robinson
Benvolio

Written by (View all)

William Shakespeare
(play)

Franco Brusati
(screenplay)

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Great!

13 years ago at Feb 16 5:48

DragonsFire78

This movie is fantastic.The romance, oh the drama. I recommend this to anyone

A classic

8 years, 11 months ago at Mar 11 9:28

johanlefourbe

Since this movie had a really solid reputation, I was really eager to check it out. Indeed, many consider this movie as being the best adaptation of this Shakespeare classic. It always thought it was rather weird and actually really embarassing that even though I have studied English at college level (I even have a Master), I have actually never read anything written by William Shakespeare. Anyway... read more

What an amazing movie!

5 years, 11 months ago at Mar 26 16:26

filmbuilder

I love 'Romeo and Juliet'! What an amazing movie! The movie is based on a play written by William Shakespeare and it is just so true to the original play.

Two households, Montagues and Capulets are sworn enemies, this is interesting but what interests me more is that Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet) fall in love! And here they played it very well!

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Description: Director Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was touted at the time of its release (successfully, if the box-office receipts are any indication), as something of a "youth trip" movie. This is because Zeffirelli broke the long-standing tradition of casting over-aged, sometimes grey-haired players in the title roles. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting plays Romeo, with 15-year-old Olivia Hussey as Juliet. The youthfulness and inexperience of the leading players works beautifully in the more passionate sequences (some of these breaking further ground by being played in the nude). Among the y ... (more)

Release date: 5 March 1968
UPC: 097360680942

Tags: Drama (19), Romance (18), Shakespeare (11), 1960s (8), Murder (7), Suicide (7), 1968 (7), Tragedy (6), British (5), Rivalry (5), Based On Play (5), Adaptation (4), Death (3), Music (2), Revenge (2), Love (2), Sad (2), Italy (2), Love Story (2), Feud (2)

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"17.2. 2019 Romeo Montague meets Juliet Capulet at a ball and it's love at first sight. However, their feuding families don't accept their relationship which leads to series of tragic events. Tybalt, a dumb and violent member of the Capulet family, kills Romeo's friend Mercutio which upsets Romeo. Romeo avenges Mercutio's death by killing Tybalt and after that Romeo is declared an outlaw. Everybody should be familiar with this story but how many people nowadays are actually familiar with it? No"