William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

AKA:

Romeo & Juliet

Release Date:

Nov 1, 1996

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Running Time:

2:00

Genre:

Romance

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Cast:

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

Producers:

Martin Brown , Baz Luhrmann , Gabriella Martinelli

Writers:

Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann

Language:

English

Official Website:

http://www.romeoandjuliet.com

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More William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Pictures

Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona Beach. In this version, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival gangs. Juliet is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. Her father Fulgencio Capulet has arranged her marriage to the boorish Paris as part of a strategic investment plan. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and Juliet fall in love.

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