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

Debbie Rochon plays Jane Jensen's nurse/nanny, despite being a year younger than her in real life.

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Goofs

The curling iron Cappy says is one of Juliet's "sex toys" suddenly becomes a blow dryer.

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Quotes

Tromeo Que: What light from yonder Plexiglas breaks?

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Crazy Credits

All animals were handled with the utmost care during the filming and were never drugged, sedated, or harmed. Um, well, except for that rare, endangered, gray-tailed Persian mouse we gleefully fed to the lizard...if "dead" is considered harmed...

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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 Visionado obligado: El Vengador Tóxico (2011)

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Soundtracks

So Alone
Performed by The Willie Wisely Trio
Written by Willie Wisely
Courtesy of Pravda Records

User Reviews

Shakespeare on acid? Possibly.

A very bizarre bringing to the screen of William Shakespeare's tragic love story.

The Que family and the Capulet family have a long running hatred of one another which often results in violence. The hatred has something to do with a film company and the fact that everyone is pretty much crazy. In the middle of all of this insanity are Tromeo and Juliet, literature's most famous "star crossed" lovers that fall for each other at first sight and problems arise when they realize whose family the other belongs to.

The film follows the basic plot of the original play remarkably well and key scenes even use the original, or close to original, lines. But the infamous Troma bizarreness pervades the film from beginning to end. That makes for a movie that is definitely not for all tastes, but it is nonetheless pretty inventive. Tyrone (Tybalt in Shakespeare) has a particularly funny death scene. 7/10

Many differently edited and rated versions exist. Each contains violence, profanity, drug use, and sex, all with a big dose of bizarreness.