Romeo and Juliet

(1968)

Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writers: William Shakespeare (play), Franco
Brusati (screenplay)
Stars: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John
McEnery

Storyline

Shakespeare's classic tale of romance and
tragedy. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and
the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for
years. Young Romeo Montague goes out with his
friends to make trouble at a party the Capulets are
hosting, but while there he spies the Capulet's
daughter Juliet, and falls
hopelessly in love with
her. She returns his
affections, but they both know that their families will never
allow them to follow their hearts.
Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian romance film
based on the tragic play of the same name (159195) by William
Shakespeare.
Being the most financially successful film of a Shakespeare
play during that time, it was popular among teenagers partly
because the film used actors who were close to the age of the
characters from the original play for the first time. Several critics
also welcomed the film enthusiastically.

Plot

In Verona, Italy, the longstanding feud between the
Montague and the Capulet clans breaks out in a street brawl,
broken up by the Prince of the city. The same night, two
teenaged children of the two families Romeo (Montague)
and Juliet (Capulet) meet at a Capulet feast and become
deeply infatuated. Later,
Romeo stumbles into the
secluded garden under Juliet's bedroom balcony and the
two exchange impassioned pledges. They are soon secretly
married by Romeo's confessor and father figure, Friar
Laurence, with the assistance of Juliet's nursemaid.
Unfortunately, another street duel breaks out between
Juliet's first cousin Tybalt and Romeo's best friend Mercutio
when Tybalt insults Romeo. Since Tybalt is Juliet's cousin and
Romeo has just been married to Juliet, he sees Tybalt as family
and refuses to fight him, leading Mercutio to be a loyal friend
and fight for him. This leads to Mercutio's death. Romeo
retaliates by fighting Tybalt and killing him, and is punished by
the Prince with banishment instead of the death penalty.
Unaware of Juliet's secret marriage, her father has arranged for her to marry wealthy
Count Paris. In order to escape this arranged marriage and remain faithful to Romeo, Juliet
consumes a potion prepared by Friar Laurence, intended to
make her appear temporarily
dead for forty-two hours.
Friar Laurence plans to inform
Romeo of the hoax so that he
can meet Juliet after her
burial and escape with her
when she recovers from her
swoon, so he sends another Friar, Friar John, to go and give
Romeo a letter to make him aware of his dearly beloved's "death." However, when Romeo's
servant, Balthasar, sees Juliet being buried, he thinks she is dead, goes to tell Romeo and
unfortunately reaches him before Friar John. In despair, Romeo goes to Juliet's tomb and
kills himself there by drinking a poison. Awakening shortly after he expires, Juliet discovers a
dead Romeo and proceeds to stab herself with his dagger to join him. Later, the two families
attend their joint funeral together and agree to end the feud.

Cast
o Leonard Whiting as Romeo
o Olivia Hussey as Juliet
o John McEnery as Mercutio
o Milo O'Shea as Friar Lawrence
o Pat Heywood as The Nurse
o Robert Stephens as The Prince
o Michael York as Tybalt
o Bruce Robinson as Benvolio
o Paul Hardwick as Lord Capulet
o Natasha Parry as Lady Capulet
o Antonio Pierfederici as Lord Montague
o Esmeralda Ruspoli as Lady Montague
o Roberto Bisacco as Paris
o Laurence Olivier as Chorus (uncredited)




Romeo + Juliet
(1996)

Director: Baz Luhrmann
Writers: William Shakespeare (play), Craig
Pearce (screenplay)
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John
Leguizamo

Storyline

Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 American romantic
drama film adaptation of William Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann.
The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in
the leading roles. The film is an abridged
modernization of Shakespeare's play. While it retains
the original Shakespearean dialogue, the Montagues
and the Capulets are represented as warring business
empires and swords are replaced by guns (with brand names such as "Dagger" and "Sword").
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still
retaining its original dialogue. The gun-toting members of the families wage a vicious war on
the streets as the star-crossed lovers meet their tragic destiny.
Classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The
Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They
have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow
them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and
Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. But although it is set in modern times, it is still
the same timeless story of the "star crossed lovers".

Plot

In the fictional "Verona Beach", the Capulets and the Montagues are arch-rivals. The
animosity of the older generationFulgencio and Gloria Capulet and Ted and Caroline
Montagueis felt by their younger relatives. A
gunfight between the Montague boys led by
Benvolio, Romeo's cousin, and the Capulet boys led
by Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, creates chaos in the city.
The Chief of Police, Captain Prince, reprimands the
families, warning them that if such behavior
continues, their lives "shall pay the forfeit of the
peace".
Benvolio meets with Romeo on a beach. Whilst
playing a game of pool they learn of a party being held by the Capulets that evening which
they decide to gate-crash. Romeo agrees to come after discovering that rosaline, with whom
he is in love, is attending.
The Montague boys meet their friend,
Mercutio, who has tickets to the Capulet party.
Romeo takes the Ecstasy Mercutio gave him and
they proceed to the Capulet mansion. The effects
of the drug and the party overwhelm Romeo,
who goes to the restroom. While admiring an
aquarium, he and Juliet see each other and fall
instantly in love. Tybalt spots Romeo and vows to
kill him for invading his family's home, but
Fulgencio stops him.
Romeo and Juliet sneak into an elevator and kiss. The nurse spots them when the
doors open and drags Juliet away, while revealing to her that Romeo is a Montague. At the
same time, Romeo realizes that Juliet is a Capulet.
Mercutio takes Romeo from the party, but he sneaks back
to the mansion, hiding under Juliets balcony. Juliet
emerges into the yard and proclaims her love for him
before Romeo sneaks up behind her. Juliet warns him
that he is risking his life, but Romeo tells her he does not
care whether he is caught. Knowing her nurse is looking
for her, Juliet tells him that, if he sends word by the
following day, they will
be betrothed. Romeo
visits Father Lawrence,
telling him he wants to
marry Juliet. He agrees
to marry the pair in
hopes that their
marriage will help ease
the tensions between
the families. Romeo passes the word on to Juliets nurse
and the lovers are married.
Tybalt encounters Mercutio just as Romeo arrives.
Romeo attempts to make peace, but Tybalt assaults him. Mercutio intervenes and batters
Tybalt, and is about to finish him off by hitting him with a log when Romeo stops him. Tybalt
mortally wounds Mercutio with a shard of
glass. Mercutio curses both the
Montagues and the Capulets before dying
in Romeo's arms. Enraged, Romeo chases
after a fleeing Tybalt and guns him down.
Captain Prince banishes Romeo
from the city. Romeo goes into hiding
with Father Lawrence, who treats
Romeo's injuries and says that, after some
time passes, he will help Romeo and Juliet
return to the city and reconcile with their
family and friends. The nurse tells Romeo that
Juliet is waiting for him. When Romeo climbs
over Juliet's balcony, she kisses him and they
consummate their marriage. Fulgencio decides
Juliet will marry Paris, the Governor's son.
The next morning, Romeo narrowly
escapes as Juliet's mother tells her that the
family has promised she will marry Paris. She
refuses to marry, so her father threatens to disown her. Her mother and nurse insist it would
be in her best interest to marry Paris. Juliet sees Father Lawrence, imploring him to help her
and threatening to commit suicide. The priest proposes she fake her own death and be put
in the Capulet vault to awaken 24 hours later.
Romeo will be told of the plot, sneak into the
vault, and once reunited the two can travel to
Mantua. He gives her the potion which mimics
death. After saying goodnight to her mother,
Juliet drinks the potion.
She is found in the
morning, declared
dead, and placed in the
vault. Balthasar, one of
Romeo's cousins, learns that Juliet is dead and tells Romeo, who is
not home when the messenger arrives to tell him of the plan.
Romeo returns to Verona, where he buys poison. As he goes to
the church, Captain Prince finds
out he is back, and tries to
capture him, without success. Father Lawrence learns
that Romeo has no idea Juliet is alive. Romeo enters the
church where Juliet lies and bids her goodbye. She
awakens just as Romeo takes the poison; the two thus
see each other before he dies. After he dies, Juliet picks
up Romeo's gun and shoots herself in the head, dying
instantly. The two lovers are discovered in each other's
arms. Prince condemns both families, whose feuding led
to such tragedy, and coroners are shown removing the
two bodies.


Cast
The House of Montague The House of Capulet Others
Brian Dennehy as Ted
Montague: Romeo's father
Paul Sorvino as Fulgencio
Capulet
Harold Perrineau as Mercutio
Escalus
Christina Pickles as Caroline
Montague: Romeo's mother
Diane Venora as Gloria Capulet Pete Postlethwaite as Father
Lawrence
Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo
Montague
Claire Danes as Juliet Capulet Paul Rudd as Dave Paris
Dash Mihok as Benvolio
Montague: Romeo's cousin
John Leguizamo as Tybalt
Capulet
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Prince
Escalus
Jesse Bradford as Balthasar
Montague: Romeo's cousin
Vincent Laresca as Abra
Capulet
M. Emmet Walsh as
Apothecary
Zak Orth as Gregory
Montague: Romeo's cousin
Carlos Martn Manzo Otlora
as Petruchio Capulet
Quindon Tarver as Choir Boy
Jamie Kennedy as Sampson
Montague: Romeo's cousin
Miriam Margolyes as Nurse Edwina Moore as
Anchorwoman (Narrator)

Romeo & Juliet (II)
(2013)

Director: Carlo Carlei
Writers: Julian Fellowes (screenplay), William
Shakespeare (play)
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Damian
Lewis

Storyline

Romeo and Juliet secretly wed despite the sworn
contempt their families hold for each another. It is not
long, however, before a chain of fateful events changes
the lives of both families forever.
Romeo & Juliet is a 2013 British film adaptation of
William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of the same
name directed by Carlo Carlei. The film opened in the
United Kingdom and the United States on 11 October 2013.
Like Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Shakespeare's
tragedy, this film uses the traditional setting of Renaissance
Verona, but, unlike any of the previous major film
adaptations only follows the plot and only uses some of
Shakespeare's traditional dialogue. This has led to a
controversy, with several critics denouncing the film's
advertising as misleading, and losing the essence of the play.
An ageless story from the world's most renowned
author is
reimagined for the
21st Century. This
adaptation is told in
the lush traditional
setting it was
written, but gives a new generation the chance to
fall in love with the enduring legend. With an all-
star cast including Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth,
Paul Giamatti and Stellan Skarsgaard, it affords those unfamiliar with the tale the chance to
put faces to the two names they've undoubtedly heard innumerable times: Romeo and
Juliet. Every generation deserves to discover this lasting love.

Cast
o Douglas Booth as Romeo
Montague
o Hailee Steinfeld as Juliet
Capulet
o Damian Lewis as Lord
Capulet
o Kodi Smit-McPhee as
Benvolio Montague
o Ed Westwick as Tybalt
o Paul Giamatti as Friar
Laurence
o Lesley Manville as Nurse
o Christian Cooke as Mercutio Montague
o Stellan Skarsgrd as Prince Escalus of Verona
o Natascha McElhone as Lady
Capulet
o Tom Wisdom as Count Paris
o Leon Vitali as Apothecary
o Laura Morante as Lady Montague
o Nathalie Rapti Gomez as Rosaline
Capulet
o Tomas Arana as Lord Montague
o Simona Caparrini as a female guest