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Release Date: 1968

Cast: Robert Stephens, Pat Heywood, Milo O'Shea, Bruce Robinson, Leonard Whiting, Laurence Olivier, John McEnery, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Paul Hardwick, Richard Warwick

Categories: Movies, Tragedy, Costume drama, Roadshow theatrical release, Epic, Film adaptation, Romantic drama, Romance Film

Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian cinematic adaptation of the William Shakespeare play of the same name. The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and starred Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design; it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture. Sir Laurence Olivier spoke the film's prologue and epilogue and reportedly dubbed the voice of the Italian actor playing Lord Montague, but was not credited in the film. It was the most financially successful film of a Shakespeare play made up to... MORE

Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian cinematic adaptation of the William Shakespeare play of the same name. The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and starred Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design; it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture. Sir Laurence Olivier spoke the film's prologue and epilogue and reportedly dubbed the voice of the Italian actor playing Lord Montague, but was not credited in the film. It was the most financially successful film of a Shakespeare play made up to that time and was a huge hit with teenage audiences, partly because it used, for the first time, actors who were close to the age of the characters as Shakespeare describes them. Several critics also welcomed the film enthusiastically. In Verona, Italy, Romeo and Juliet, the teenaged children of two feuding families (Montagues and Capulets, respectively), meet at a feast and fall in love. They are secretly married by Romeo's confessor and father figure, Friar Laurence, with the assistance of Juliet's nursemaid. Unfortunately, a street duel breaks out between Juliet's cousin Tybalt and Romeo's LESS