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Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli

Drama | Romance

Overview

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

Rated PG | Length 138 minutes

Actors

Leonard Whiting | Olivia Hussey | John McEnery | Michael York | Milo O'Shea | Pat Heywood | Robert Stephens | Bruce Robinson | Paul Hardwick | Natasha Parry | Antonio Pierfederici | Esmeralda Ruspoli | Roberto Bisacco | Roy Holder | Keith Skinner | Dyson Lovell | Richard Warwick | Roberto Antonelli | Carlo Palmucci | Salvatore Billa | Claudio De Davide | Paola Tedesco | Laurence Olivier | Antonio Marcolini | Andrés José Cruz Soublette

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Seems appropriate to view this after ALADDIN. RIP Franco Zeffirelli

Not sure when we watched this but probably HS lit. I wanna say freshman year but would they have shown something so provocative then? Olivia Hussey was an early crush. Crazy she was 15/16yo during the making of this.

Probably bc I haven’t really watched many Shakespeare adaptations that I find it strange to hear his prose nearly verbatim which could be goofy if not handled well. What’s great about this is that they approach it like the stage and fully commit. Made sense to shorten the lines for the young stars allowing them to emote more. And I really love their infatuation w/each other, boosted by being from opposing families (the whole forbidden love thing, yeah?). Wish I had paid more attention in class during all the Shakespeare coverage. I did do a very detailed illustration of the Globe Theatre for a project.

Anyways, this is cool flick once you get into it.

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