In Verona Beach there live two families. The Montagues and the Capulets. Among these two families are two teenagers, Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague. One night, Flugencio Capulet decides to have a party. Romeo, being in love with Capulet's niece Rosaline, goes along dressed as the boy King Arthur. That's where he sees Juliet Capulet as an angel ("Did my heart love till now:forswear it sight, for I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.") they fall in love instantly only to find out that they are enemies. Tybalt has seen Romeo at the party and vows to pay him back. That night, Romeo decides to see Juliet again. He sneaks into the Capulet yard. By the pool. Juliet sees him. They 'Met, they wooed and exchange of vow'. The next day Romeo tells the nurse, the only one that knows of their secret love, that Juliet shall be married at the hour of 9. Meanwhile Tybalt has found Mercutio they start to until Romeo drives up. Tybalt kicks him viciously. Then Mercutio, not being able to stand it comes over. Romeos sees Mercutio almost kill Tybalt. He goes between them. Tybalt tries to stab Romeo with a shard of glass but gets Mercutio. Mercutio dies, and
Romeo wreaks revenge.
Produced by: 20th Century Fox [us] / Bazmark
Certification: USA:PG-13 / UK:15 / Finland:K-12 / Germany:12 / Norway:15/
Australia:MA / Spain:18 /Sweden:15 / Portugal:M/12 /Chile:14
Language: English
Genre/keyword: Romance / Drama / shakespeare / poison / love / hate /
secret-love / murder
Runtime: USA:120
Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox [us] / Hispano Fox Films (Spain)
Effects by: Complete Post / Hammerhead Productions, Inc.
MPAA reasons: Rated PG-13 for scenes of contemporary violence and some
sensuality.
Also Known As:
Romeo and Juliet (1996)
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Directed by
Baz Luhrmann
Cast
John Leguizamo .... Tybalt
Paul Sorvino .... Fulgencio Capulet
Leonardo DiCaprio .... Romeo
Paul Rudd (I) .... Dave Paris
Jesse Bradford .... Balthasar
Claire Danes .... Juliet
Pedro Altamirano .... Peter
Harold Perrineau Jr..... Mercutio
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