Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Summary: Shakespeare's immortal tale of star-crossed young lovers gets a music video-style updating in this hip, Florida-set, pistol-packing adaptation featuring DiCaprio and Danes as the doomed teenaged children of rival industrialists.

This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers reciting Shakespeare's prose as their copy, this clever glam updating of ROMEO AND JULIET is one of the most unusual adaptations of the Bard's work in the history of cinema. The stylish and colourful sets earned the film an Oscar nomination for art direction. John Leguizamo gives a memorable performance as a devilish Tybalt.

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	R+J - The Music documentary, Commentary by director Baz Luhrmann , Commentary by film score orchestrator and co-composer Craig Armstrong , Commentary by film score music programmer and co-composer Marius DeVries , The London Music Mix featurette , Journey of
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1996
Release Date:	April 2, 2007
Runtime:	115 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	3326701000
Keywords:	Classic, Book, General, Romantic, Romeo, Juliet, Drama, Based
Genre:	Drama