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Romeo + Juliet (1996)

PG-13 | | Drama, Romance | 1 November 1996 (USA)
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Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Romeo
... Juliet
... Tybalt
... Mercutio
... Father Laurence
... Fulgencio Capulet
... Ted Montague
... Dave Paris
... Captain Prince
... The Nurse
... Balthasar
... Apothecary
... Gregory
... Sampson
... Benvolio
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Storyline

The classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. But although it is set in modern times, it is still the same timeless story of the "star crossed lovers".

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My only love sprung from my only hate. See more »

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Drama | Romance

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Rated PG-13 for scenes of contemporary violence and some sensuality | See all certifications »

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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$14,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,133,231, 3 November 1996, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$46,351,345

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$147,554,998
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Trivia

The opening gas station encounter took 7 days to film with 2 days of pick-ups in Veracruz. See more »

Goofs

When Abra shouts 'Boo!' at the petrol station, his sunglasses disappear. See more »

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Anchorwoman: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to 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 life, whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth, with their death, bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love and the continuance of their parents' rage, which, but their children's end, naught could ...
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#1 Crush
Performed, Written and Produced by Garbage
Garbage appears courtesy of Almo Sounds, Inc./Mushroom
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Shirley Manson appears courtesy of Radioactive Records
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Shakespeare Worthy
17 May 1999 | by – See all my reviews

Very underrated modernization of the classic Shakespeare play. This movie has been pretty heavily criticized for the directors outlandishness in cinematography, but he understands when to tone down the often frantic pace of the storytelling during the dramatic scenes, and in fact this relationship tends to amplify their potency. Beautifully choreographed and shot, wonderfully acted by both the supporting cast and the main 2 stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, and extremely sly modernization techniques to the dialogue. All the elizabethan dialogue remains intact, yet it all seems coherent in the modern atmosphere. mostly due to good imagery and double meaning in the phrases (ex: their swords being a gun model, or the flash of money while quoting gold.). One of the best shakespeare adaptations in the multitude of which have entered the cinemas in the past few years.
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