Romeo & Juliet (1996)


Leonardo DiCaprio       Romeo
Claire Danes            Juliet
Miriam Margolyes        Nurse
Pete Postlethwaite      Father Laurence
John Leguizamo          Tybalt
Paul Rudd               Dave Paris
Jesse Bradford          Balthasar
Dash Mihok              Benvolio
Harold Perrineau Jr     Mercutio
Diane Venora            Gloria Capulet
Paul Sorvino            Fulgencio Capulet
Brian Dennehy           Ted Montague
Christina Pickles       Caroline Montague
Vondie Curtis Hall      Captain Prince
M. Emmet Walsh          Apothecary
Des' Ree                Diva
Edwina Moore            Anchorwoman
Zak Orth                Gregory
Jamie Kennedy           Sampson

Directed by:            Baz Luhrmann
Produced by:            Gabriella Martinelli, Baz Luhrmann, Martin Brown


Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining 
its original dialogue.

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The age-old tragedy of teenage lovers caught in their families bitter hatred for one another. 

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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.

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"Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona (where we lay our scene/From ancient 
grudge break new mutiny,/Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean/From forth the fatal loins 
of these two foes/A pair of star-crossed lovers take their lives." These famous lines and the 
vivid language of Shakespeare's beloved play drive director Baz Luhrmann's cinematic interpretation. 
Welcome to Verona Beach, a sexy, violent other-world, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival 
families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Wealthy, selfish, ruthless and powerful, the parents 
share an enmity that has become the birthright of their offspring.