Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful starcrossed lovers of the past who now meet in the futuristic urban backdrop of verona beach. The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the leading roles of. Also in the great cast are john barrymore mercutio and basil rathbone tybalt. Yes, baz luhrmann single handedly breathes a whole new life into this adaptation, handing to his audience a masterful and experimental film that never lets us out of its grasp. We have seen a modern version in the theatre, which was brilliant, but this film is really poor.
The welltodo capulets have chosen paris, a dashing but dull time magazine cover boy, heir to glitzy verona beach, to wed juliet. Carleis romeo and juliet wasnt a repeat of that phenomenon but its still a solid film that can easily appeal even to teenagers. Shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue. The whole play is intertwined on the romantic love between romeo and juliet at their first sight. The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the title. See more ideas about romeo and juliet, romeo and juliet poster and romeo and juliet quotes. The montagues and the capulets of verona have held a grudge. But the setting has been moved from its elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of verona beach. With leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, john leguizamo, harold perrineau. Scheda anime di romeo x juliet serie tv del 2007 di 24 episodi. The other film being analysed was directed by franco zefirelli, it was released in 1968. Lurhmans film manages to relate the 16th century play to a modern audience while at the same time maintaining textual integrity of the play. Bought this for granddaughter studying romeo and juliet for gcse. Barrymore plays mercutio as the cutup he was written to be.
Leonardo dicaprio in a scene from the 2015 film the revenant, directed by alejandro gonzalez inarritu. Leonardo dicaprio is an american actor and film producer. Julieta y romeo is a 1940 spanish historical drama film directed by jose maria castellvi and starring martha flores and enrique guitart. The film versions of romeo and juliet, shakespeare survey 491996. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful starcrossed lovers of the past. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The lines from the play are badly butchered and performed without much.
The classic story of romeo and juliet, set in a modernday city of verona beach. That was the same year maillots ballet version premiered. No one has mentioned the 1936 version with leslie howard as romeo and norma shearer as juliet. However, when he gets there, paris is there grieving the loss of juliet and romeo kills him during a fight. In this version, the capulets and the montagues are two rival gangs. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
But, when i image search for that car, it looks nothing like it. Juliet claire danes is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. The smartest guys in the room 2005 the cardigans song lovefool from this movie is featured. Aug 12, 2016 in 1996, baz luhrmanns colorful adaptation of romeo and juliet sparked a teen awakening. The film is an adaptation of william shakespeares romeo and juliet. Leonardo dicaprio was so intent on getting the role of romeo that he paid his own way to fly to australia to meet with director baz luhrmann.
Baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespears classic love story is spellbinding. Romeo and juliet which romeo and juliet movie is the. A littleknown anniversary, perhaps, but if youre aged between 28 and 38 years old, this is. Parents are cautioned against permitting tweens and under to view this film due to its extreme violence, gross materialism, and sexual innuendo. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl. Baz luhrmann helped adapt this classic shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a postmodern city named verona beach. The first couple of links say that its a 1981 monte carlo. The first time i watched this film was september 2015 in my year 11 english class when we just so happened to be studying romeo and juliet. Romeo and juliet interview with leonardo dicaprio youtube.
There have been more than 27 opera, 40 screen and 80 choreographic versions of romeo and juliet, including the 1996 baz luhrmann film starring claire danes and leonardo dicaprio. I dont recall anyone else doing that, but it has been a while since ive watched the later versions. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their families will not allow them to be together. The vividly modern take on shakespeares love story starred claire danes and leonardo dicaprio. Romeo leonardo dicaprio is aloof toward the goingson of his montague cousins, but after he realizes that juliet claire danes is a capulet at the end of one very wild party, the enmity between. Built over the period 1780 to 1840, this was the summer house of mexican presidents until 1940. Feb 20, 2018 there have been more than 27 opera, 40 screen and 80 choreographic versions of romeo and juliet, including the 1996 baz luhrmann film starring claire danes and leonardo dicaprio. Stylized film version of the shakespeare play stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes as the titular starcrossed lovers whose families are at war. It has two really short windshields and that plush red interior. See more ideas about romeo and juliet, leonardo dicaprio romeo and thoreau quotes. In this modern version of the 400yearold classic, romeo leonardo dicaprio is a member of the montague family and juliet claire danes lives in the capulet household. Romeo and juliet, though termed as tragedy carries more of shakespeares comedy elements. In this play, love supersede other characteristics such as loyalty, emotions etc. In the original version of romeo and juliet, leonardo dicaprio s romeo goes to the capulet crypt to find juliet.
How leonardo dicaprio charmed his way into romeo and juliet. Music from the motion picture is the soundtrack to the 1996 film of the same name. Romeo and juliet which romeo and juliet movie is the most. Franco zeffirellis terrific 1968 film was a big hit with a similar approach to the material. Her father fulgencio capulet paul sorvino has arranged her marriage to the boorish paris paul rudd as. Leonardo dicaprio was a great romeo, but, on the whole, this version is a noisy mess. Against the crumbling backdrop of political and social hierarchy, a chance meeting through a neon fish tank at a masquerade ball begets a desperate pact of love between starcrossed lovers romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes. The bbc made some splendid versions of the collective works of shakespeare, of course including romeo and juliet, in the 1980ies and i think they come as close to the actu. Love is obviously the dominating and most vital theme of this play. See more ideas about romeo and juliet, juliet movie and leonard whiting. Shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of. The two families have a long standing feud thats recently been stoked by violent actions perpetuated by tybalt john leguizamo, juliet s cousin and romeo s sworn enemy. Romeo and juliet interview with leonardo dicaprio duration.
It is an adaptation and modernization of william shakespeares tragedy romeo and juliet. Romeo and juliet play and movie comparison film studies essay. Their two rival families, the montaques and the capulets, baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespeares classic love story is spellbinding. I like that romeo and juliet was filmed in italy, including in verona, where shakespeares tragedy is set. In 1996, baz luhrmanns colorful adaptation of romeo and juliet sparked a teen awakening. The two main roles of romeo and juliet were played by leonardo dicaprio and claire danes. Vivien leigh and laurence olivier in a stage production of romeo and juliet, 1940.
The montagues and capulets are two feuding families, whose children, romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes, meet and fall in love. It is based on michael punkes novel inspired by a truelife tale of a frontiersmans. The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the leading roles of romeo and juliet, who instantly fall in love when romeo crashes a party and meets her, despite their being members of the montague and capulet family. Brian dennehy, john leguizamo, pete postlethwaite, paul sorvino, and diane venora star in supporting roles. When nadine exercises dialog from romeo and juliet she talks to a picture of leonardo dicaprio. Leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, diane verona, john leguizamo, paul rudd and pete. I am so grateful for that day because not only did i discover my favourite song talk show host radiohead, i fell in love with leonardo dicaprio.
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