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Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Director: Franco Zeffirelli  Starring: Leonard Whiting  Olivia Hussey  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Paramount
Format: DVD
UPC: 00097360680942
Buy.com Sku: 40167063
Item#: VYGY52
Buy.com Sales Rank: 720
Category Keywords: Classic  Doomed Lovers  Drama  Essential Cinema  Love Story  Recommended  Stage Play  Tear Jerker  Teenage  Theatrical Release  Tragedy  Young Love 
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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Mono Audio
 
Director franco zeffirelli adds wit, charm and stunning visuallife to this well-known love story. Special features: widescreenversion enhanced for 16x9, dolby digital, english mono, englishsubtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, interactive menus,scene selection and theatrical trailer.
 


Editor's Note

For his adaptation of this classic Shakespeare tragedy, director Franco Zeffirelli (TAMING OF THE SHREW) made the inspired choice of casting teenaged actors in the leads (Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting), and their youthful innocence adds an extra dimension of beauty and tragedy to the story. Shot on location in Italy, the film benefits from an earthy sense of realism, a cast of excellent supporting actors, and a memorable soundtrack by Nino Rota. This saga of star-crossed lovers caught in their feuding family's crossfire had strong political resonance at the time of its release, and has lost little of its poignancy.


Plot Summary

Director Franco Zeffirelli's penchant for period love stories find its perfect outlet in this classic Shakespeare tragedy, and many consider it the best filmed version of the story. As the title characters, fifteen year old Olivia Hussey and seventeen year old Leonard Whiting bring a touching amount of spontaneity and innocence to their roles, which works in the favor of the film, if not always the text. The exquisite cinematography by Pasqualino De Santis and haunting score by Nino Rota are also key elements in the films effectiveness. A supporting cast of largely unknown actors lend the film terrific urgency, especially Michael York as Tybalt, whose duel with Romeo is nothing short of gut-wrenching. This film was a huge hit with young audiences when originally released, and was considered a symbol for the anti-war, pro-peace youth movement. It remains something of a cultural touchstone, a romantic idealization of youth that still strikes a deep, reverberating chord.

 
Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Sensormatic
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection


 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 1/17/2006
Running Time: 138 minutes
Original Release Date: 1968
Catalog ID: 068094
UPC: 00097360680942
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
Available Subtitles: English
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Olivia Hussey
Leonard Whiting
Milo O'Shea
Michael York
Paul Hardwicke
John McEnery
Laurence Olivier
Natasha Parry
Bruce Robinson
Franco Brusati - Screenwriter
Franco Zeffirelli - Screenwriter
William Shakespeare - Story
Maestro D'Amico - Screenwriter
John Brabourne - Producer
Anthony Havelock-Allan - Producer
Pasqualino De Santis - Director of Photography
Reginald Mills - Editor
Renzo Mongiardino - Production Designer
Danilo Donati - Costume Designer
Nino Rota - Composer
Franco Zeffirelli - Director

 
Awards

Academy Awards (1968)
Winner, Best Costume Design
Pasqualino De Santis, Winner, Best Cinematography

 
Professional Reviews
USA Today
"...Opulent..." 06/02/2000 p.10E

Chicago Sun-Times
"...The costumes and everything else in the film -- the photography, the music, above all Shakespeare's language -- is so voluptuous, so sensuous..." 09/17/2000 p.5

 
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