Advantages: Greatest Love story on DVD Disadvantages: Hard to understand
...familiar with the tale of Romeo and Juliet, for those of you haven't it is a play created by William Shakespeare. Franco Zeffirelli an Italian film director made this play in to a movie in 1968. ===Cast / Characters===
Robert Stephens (Prince Escalus): This is the Prince of Verona John McEnery (Mercutio): Mercutio is Romeo's close friend & a relative of the Prince
Paul Hardwick (Lord Capulet): Lord Capulet is Juliet's loving father.
Natasha Perry ... ...Leonard Whiting (Romeo): Romeo is the son of the Montague's & lover of Juliet.
Bruce Robinson (Benvolio): Benvolio is Romeo's cousin and friend.
Milo O'Shea (Friar Lawrence): Romeo's Advisor & confidant.
Roberto Bisacco (Count Paris): Count Paris wishes to marry Juliet.
===Synopsis===
The story is set in Verona (Italy) where two households are located the Montague's and the Capulet's. Both houses have been enemies for years, reasons for which ...
dharma.roy 24.12.2007 (25.12.2007)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Romeo And Juliet (DVD)
...Leonard Whiting, just 17, as Romeo and Olivia Hussey, a mere14 as Juliet. This makes them more or less the actual ages of Shakespeare's characters. I thought that both Whiting and Hussey were superb actors (even at their young ages) and they play well off each other. These roles were debut ones for both young actors. Having two young, attractive actors playing the lead parts did attract a lot of younger audiences. I was a teenager at this time and ... ...Apocethary scene explains just where Romeo got his poison and the fight with Paris explains the Prince's "brace of at your discord", these were both omitted from the film. Despite the missing parts of the play, Zefferelli uses the rest of the script so well and creates a story full of pathos. The sets, the costumes, and the cinematography are bright and colourful, and not only the young lovers, but all the cast exuded youth. This cast of the film ...
oldchem 07.08.2009
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Advantages: Romantic story, good acting, good costumes & set Disadvantages: Bit violent, no special effects
...have been countless productions of Romeo and Juliet, both on screen and stage in various guises. Most recently, Baz Luhrman offered his version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. But I think this version of the classic love story is the best.
STORYLINE
In Verona, Italy, there are two warring families – the Capulets and Montagues. The film opens with the two houses having a spat which is stopped by the ruler of the town Prince Escalus. ... ...two families.
Romeo Montague gatecrashes a Capulet party with his friends Benvolio and Mercutio. He then sees Juliet and they instantly fall in love. As the party ends they realize they are enemies…
Romeo visits her balcony after and declares his love. She echoes and they decide to wed. They are married by Friar Laurence, who wants to end the fighting between the families.
Later that day Mercutio and Tyblat have a fight with ends up with the death ...
ring_of_roses 23.07.2007
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Advantages: Enjoyable, The actors did such a brilliant job that you could watch it over and over. Disadvantages: The camera Techniques are quite old and the special effects are just ok.
I first watched the 1996 Romeo and Juliet Before this and thought the 1996 one was quite good but I got curious after reading many reviews on the Old Romeo and Juliet and decided I wanted to watch it, so i bought it and watched it and for the first time I realised how the 1996 Romeo and Juliet wasnt as good as i thought it was, as the old one had so much more emotion in and It was so much easier to understand and all the actors and actress did a ... ...Perfect for the Young tragic couple and I found it amazing, the storyline was Brilliant and Quite Believable, In some places it got a bit silly but it made the whole film quite interesting, the Old camera techniques weren`t as good then as you can laugh at some of the techniques they used. But over all this movie was really amazing, unlike the 1996 version, I cried watching them die. I would recommend this movie to all my friends and family. 5/5 ...
PhoenixLovexoxo 28.06.2009
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Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Shakespeare'sRomeo and Julietwasunique in its day ... more
for casting kids in the play's pivotal roles of, well, kids. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey play the titular pair, the Bard's sta...
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Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Shakespeare'sRomeo and Julietwasunique in its day ... more
for casting kids in the play's pivotal roles of, well, kids. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey play the titular pair, the Bard's sta...
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