Romeo and Juliet (1996 film)

Romeo + Juliet (full title: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet) is a 1996 film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo Montague and Claire Danes as Juliet Capulet. Despite the presence of the plus (+) sign, the title is pronounced "Romeo and Juliet", not "Romeo plus Juliet".

Related Topics:
1996 - Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet - Baz Luhrmann - Leonardo DiCaprio - Claire Danes

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Other members of the cast include

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• Jesse Bradford (Balthasar)
• Vondie Curtis-Hall (Captain Prince)
• Brian Dennehy (Ted Montague)
• Christina Pickles (Caroline Montague)
• Paul Sorvino (Fulgencio Capulet)
• Diane Venora (Gloria Capulet)
• John Leguizamo (Tybalt)
• Miriam Margolyes (The Nurse)
• Dash Mihok (Benvolio)
• Harold Perrineau (Mercutio)
• Pete Postlethwaite (Father Laurence)
• Paul Rudd (Dave Paris)
• M. Emmet Walsh (Apothecary)

This version is a transposition of Shakespeare's play into the present time, with swords replaced by guns and skyscrapers instead of castles. The action is edited in a heavily stylised manner, with frequent use of fast cutting of shots, causing the film to be widely described as "Shakespeare for the MTV generation"http://www.pluggedinonline.com/movies/movies/a0000494.cfm http://www.pifmagazine.com/SID/779/. However, the movie uses Shakespeare's original dialogue, albeit with certain scenes rearranged.

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Edited - Fast cutting - Shots - MTV

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The story takes place in Verona Beach, California, styled after Miami, and a fictional desert-like place called Mantua. Most of the movie is filmed in and around Mexico City.

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California - Miami - Mexico City

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The film differs from the play in that Paris (or Dave Paris, the modern renaming) is not killed, and that the Montagues provoke the initial fight instead of the Capulets. Many lines in the film refer to weapons, so to save changing the script away from the original, the cast wield guns with fictional brand names like "Sword" or "Dagger".

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