Tromeo and Juliet (1996)

Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.

Director:

Lloyd Kaufman

Writers:

James Gunn (screenplay), Lloyd Kaufman (screenplay)

Stars:

Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jane Jensen	...	Juliet Capulet
Will Keenan	...	Tromeo Que
Valentine Miele	...	Murray Martini
William Beckwith	...	Cappy Capulet (as Maximillian Shaun)
Steve Gibbons	...	London Arbuckle
Sean Gunn	...	Sammy Capulet
Debbie Rochon	...	Ness
Lemmy	...	The Narrator
Stephen Blackehart	...	Benny Que
Flip Brown	...	Father Lawrence
Patrick Connor	...	Tyrone Capulet
Earl McKoy	...	Monty Que
Gene Terinoni	...	Detective Ernie Scalus
Wendy Adams	...	Ingrid Capulet
Tamara Marie Watson	...	Georgie Capulet (as Tamara Craig Thomas)

Storyline

A modern, punk adaptation of Shakespeare's classic. Told irreverently, this film attempts to impact the viewer in the same way theatre-goers were affected in Shakespeare's time. Bawdy, Violent, Humorous, and Romantic.

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Plot Keywords:

camp humour | vomiting | breasts | woman slaps a man | wrist slitting | 

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Taglines:

Body Piercing, Kinky Sex, Dismemberment. The Things That Made Shakespeare Great

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, violence/gore, language and some drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Official page

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 February 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tromeo & Juliet

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$350,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Troma Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 137 min (2001 uncut re-release)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene where London Arbuckle dives through the window caused a stuntman to nearly die. When he first jumped through the window, the sugar glass was too thick to break. When they took the glass out, he forgot there wasn't any and dove full force.

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Goofs

Tyrone's arm is straight after getting torn off from an incoming car, but when Tromeo throws it and the dismembered arm hits a blind woman, the arm has bent.

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Quotes

[Tyrone wants a word with Murray]
Murray Martini: A word with me? How about a word for me? Or better yet, how about a word for you? Let's see, a word for Tyrone Capulet. Boofball. Dickbag. Peon. Freak. Cocksucker. Shithead, ratcatcher, geek. Loser, anus, fruitcake, lunk, fiddlefucker, dweeb, feeb. Cunt. Assfuck; ah, that one's close to the mark. How 'bout guinea, schmuck, or pussyfart?

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Crazy Credits

The producers would like to take this moment to let you know we in no way endorse the use of opium; we do, however, endorse Opie from the Andy Griffith Show as a role model for those involved in the gynecological profession.

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Alternate Versions

Available in 3 different versions: the unrated "director's cut", an R-rated version and the "broadcast T.V. approved" version.

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Connections

Referenced in Filthy McNasty (2002)

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Soundtracks

Hyper Enough
Performed by Superchunk
Written by Superchunk
Recorded by Wally Gagel
Courtesy of Merge Records

User Reviews

Troma fans will love it! For the other half of the world.....

I've recently became curious about the Troma film industry. I wanted to keep an open mind to its quirky, crude, tasteless, brainless, gratuitous, violent, disgusting style (if you can call it that). These are the type of movies that make great cult flicks. And I have nothing against cult flicks, in general, but this one wasn't completely...up to my taste.

There's lots of nudity and gratuitous violence. There's a steamy lesbian sex scene which is worth rewinding and hitting the slo-mo button on your remote. You can tell this movie was going straight towards "guilty pleasure" territory. However, half of the scenes in the movie are so repulsive, ugly and vomit-inducing that I had a hard time pleading guilty. This is sick, twisted entertainment that is DEFINITELY not for all tastes!

I have to admit I laughed at some scenes, was stimulated by gratuitous nudity and just found some portion of the movie to be oddly appealing. I can't help but appreciate a movie that's different. I'm tired of seeing this standard mainstream Hollywood crap, and I crave for originality--but "Tromeo and Juliet" just doesn't the type of originality I crave. It doesn't have that "Seinfeld" show-about-nothing type of originality. It has that sick, David Lynch type of originality, sometimes used as an excuse to display the evil fantasies that lurk deep down inside and express them on screen. The effects are generally gross--though obviously fake--and the humor is generally stupid--and not the "funny stupid."

I'm sure I'll get fried by the Troma Fans Union of America, but if you pay close attention to my review--like you should--I'm NOT panning this movie on account of EVERYBODY on the face of this Earth. I'm saying what I THINK, and as far as I know--that's the intent of these message boards.

Troma fans will love this movie! Others...beware!

My score: 4 (out of 10)