Romeo and Juliet (1996 film)
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| Directed by | Baz Luhrmann |
| Produced by | Baz Luhrmann Gabriella Martinelli |
| Screenplay by |
Craig Pearce Baz Luhrmann |
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare |
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| Music by |
Nellee Hooper Marius de Vries Craig Armstrong |
| Cinematography | Donald M. McAlpine |
| Edited by | Jill Bilcock |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14.5 million |
| Box office | $147.5 million |
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (shortened to Romeo + Juliet) is a 1996 American romantic drama film directed, co-produced and co-written by Baz Luhrmann, co-produced by Gabriella Martinelli and co-written by Craig Pearce, being an adaption and modernization of William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the leading roles of Romeo and Juliet, who instantly fall in love when Romeo crashes a party and meets her despite them being members of the Montague and Capulet family; Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino and Diane Venora star in supporting roles.
While it retains the original Shakespearean dialogue, the Montagues and the Capulets are represented as warring mafia empires (with legitimate business fronts) and swords are replaced with guns (with brand names such as "Dagger" and "Sword"). Some of the characters' names are also changed. Lord and Lady Montague and Lord and Lady Capulet are given first names (as opposed to the Shakespeare original where their first names are never mentioned), Friar Lawrence becomes Father Lawrence, and Prince Escalus is renamed Captain Prince. There is also no Friar John, who was in the original play. Also, some characters were switched from one family to the other—in the original, Gregory and Sampson are Capulets, but in the film, they are Montagues. (Abram, as Abra, and Petruchio, conversely, are shifted from the Montague to the Capulet family.) In addition, a few plot details are shifted, most notably near the ending.
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