Romeo & Juliet
starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood
directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792165057
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792165055
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 23, 2000
Running Time: 138 minutes
Sales Rank: 1450
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: October 08, 1968
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Director franco zeffirelli adds wit charm and stunning visual life to this well-known love story. Special features: widescreen version enhanced for 16x9 dolby digital english mono english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing interactive menus scene selection and theatrical trailer. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/17/2006 Starring: Leonard Whiting Olivia Hussey Run time: 138 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Amazon.com:
Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was unique in its day for casting kids in the play's pivotal roles of, well, kids. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey play the titular pair, the Bard's star-crossed lovers who defy a running feud between their families in order to be together in love. Typically played on stage and in previous film productions by adult actors, the innocent look and rawness of Whiting and Hussey resonated at the time with a burgeoning youth movement from San Francisco to Prague. The tragic romance at the center of the story also clicked with anti-authority sentiments, but even without that, Zeffirelli scores points by validating the ideals and passions of strong-willed adolescents. Less successful are scenes requiring the actors to have a fuller grasp of the text, though the best thing going remains the unambiguous duel between Romeo and Tybalt (Michael York). Lavishly photographed by Pasquale de Santis on location in Italy, this Romeo and Juliet brought a different tone and dimension to a story that had become tiresome in reverential presentations. --Tom Keogh
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- Classic story done to perfectionZefferelli has brought this classic love story by Shakespeare to the screen. He makes it so simple, ... Read More
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- Romeo & Juliet 1968It was a very nice product and it is such a beautiful movie....the company sent the product fast and ... Read More
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- Romeo & JulietJust as I remembered this movie as a youth - awesome story - movie is true to the original Shakespere ... Read More
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- Romeo and JulietThe acting in this film is wonderful. The drama lines are delivered as one would expect, with class. ... Read More
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- Romeo & JulietGreat classic and still good today. Just wish they could have improved the sound when they put it on DVD. ... Read More
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