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Romeo & Juliet DVD

PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: Paramount :: Released: 2000-05-23

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Romeo & Juliet Summary 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. She Returns His Affections, But They Both Know That Their Families Will Never Allow Them To Follow Their Hearts.

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

Romeo and Juliet DVD Techincal Details Cast: Leonard Whiting, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 138 mins
UPC: 097360680942
Binding: DVD
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2000-05-23
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono),