The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the title. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful starcrossed lovers of the past. Juliet claire danes is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. Scott fitzgeralds borderlineunfilmable novel, and the results. Leonardo dicaprio was a great romeo, but, on the whole, this version is a noisy mess. Performed and written by thom yorke, jonny greenwood, ed obrien, colin greenwood, phil selway radiohead produced by radiohead with nigel godrich. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful star crossed lovers of the past. Directed by academy award nominee baz luhrman moulin rouge, this adaption of the classic shakespearean play is passionate, visceral, sexy, violent, and otherworldly. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and juliet fall in love. But the setting has been moved from its elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of verona beach.
Leonardo dicaprio as the title characters in baz luhrmanns 1996 film version of. See more ideas about romeo and juliet, romeo juliet 1996 and leonardo dicaprio. Enter romeo, mercutio, benvolio, with five or six other maskers. William shakespeares romeo and juliet is a 1996 american romantic crime tragedy film. Against the crumbling backdrop of political and social hierarchy, a chance meeting through a neon fish tank at a masquerade ball begets a desperate pact of love between starcrossed lovers romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes. The movie was shot in a variety of locations, most of which were in mexico. Superb romance movie 2019 new hollywood comedy romantic film full length duration. Leonardo dicaprios movies, ranked worst to best rolling. For many centuries, the works of the great shakespeare have been read. The dead dagger verona italy pistol verona beach new york in the play. The classic shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director baz luhrmann to a.
The montagues and capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. Rare in film history has there been such a perfect casting leonardo dicaprio as romeo. Shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue. Baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespears classic love story is spellbinding.
Kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio are hollywood most. The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in. The classic shakespearean romantic tragedy gets a stylized, modern rock update. We have seen a modern version in the theatre, which was brilliant, but this film is really poor. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 6. Baz luhrmann helped adapt this classic shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a postmodern city named verona beach. Watch leonardo dicaprio and claire danes gush over each other on the set of 1996 s romeo. Her father fulgencio capulet paul sorvino has arranged her marriage to the boorish paris paul rudd as part of a strategic investment plan. The classic story of romeo and juliet, set in a modern day city of verona beach. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies.
Claire danes and leonardo dicaprio in romeo and julietclaire danes. But the setting has been moved from its elizabethan. The hit film helped make a romantic leading man out of leonardo dicaprio, a movie star out of claire danes, and bard fans out of a generation weaned on. William shakespeare was thrust into the 20th century in luhrmanns 1996 film adaptation, which starred leonardo dicaprio. Romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes 30second clip. The bards dialogue remains intact in this modern take on william shakespeares tragedy, as the children of two feuding families are drawn together. William shakespeares romeo and juliet is a slick blast of decadence, the kind of violent swanktrash music video that may make you feel like reaching for the remote control. The image measures 2000 3000 pixels and was added on 1 january claire danes and leo di caprio were like teen royalty. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full within 6 months. The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the title roles of two teenagers who fall in love, despite their being members of feuding families. Bafta award for best film music star cast leonardo dicaprio as romeo claire danes as juliet. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a.
Everything wrong with romeo and juliet in 10 minutes or less cinemasins. Moulin rouge romeo and juliet double feature bluray. Love is forever romance movies recommended for you. With leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, john leguizamo, harold perrineau. Romeo leonardo dicaprio is aloof toward the goingson of his montague cousins, but after he realizes that juliet claire danes is a capulet at the end of one very wild party, the enmity between. Romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes must hide their love from the world. Bought this for granddaughter studying romeo and juliet for gcse. While getting someone like leonardo dicaprio for the role of romeo. Shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still. Luhrmann did an excellent job of making the movie believable while using the. In this version, the capulets and the montagues are two rival gangs. In verona, bad blood between the montague and capulet families leads to much bitterness. Its a modern retelling, but their love is forever doomed.
Set in the mythical city of verona beach, the montagues and capulets are two feuding families whose children meet and fall in love. Despite the hostility, romeo montague douglas booth manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the capulets and meets juliet hailee steinfeld, their daughter. It is an adaptation and modernization of william shakespeares tragedy romeo and juliet. The welltodo capulets have chosen paris, a dashing but dull time magazine cover boy, heir to glitzy verona beach, to wed juliet. They light up the screen as the original starcrossed lovers against a thumping soundtrack and a boldly imagined modernday setting. Romeo leonardo dicaprio is aloof toward the goingson of his montague cousins, but after he realizes that juliet claire danes is a capulet at the end of one very wild party, the enmity. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes as romeo and juliet in baz lurhmans 1996 movie in baz luhrmanns modernday take on the shakespeare tale, the starcrossed lovers catch eyes from a. Her father fulgencio capulet paul sorvino has arranged her marriage to the boorish paris paul rudd as.
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