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Release Date: 1996

Cast: Vincent Laresca, Jamie Kennedy, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Dash Mihok, Pete Postlethwaite, Mario Cimarro, Miriam Margolyes, Diane Venora, Paul Rudd, Jesse Bradford, Brian Dennehy, Christina Pickles ...MORE

Cast: Vincent Laresca, Jamie Kennedy, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Dash Mihok, Pete Postlethwaite, Mario Cimarro, Miriam Margolyes, Diane Venora, Paul Rudd, Jesse Bradford, Brian Dennehy, Christina Pickles, Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Paul Sorvino, M. Emmet Walsh, Harold Perrineau Jr., John Leguizamo ...LESS

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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of the same name. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann and 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 (manufactured by 'Sword'). Some of the names were also changed. Lord and Lady Montague and Lord and Lady Capulet were given first names (as opposed to... MORE

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of the same name. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann and 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 (manufactured by 'Sword'). Some of the names were also changed. Lord and Lady Montague and Lord and Lady Capulet were given first names (as opposed to the Shakespeare original where their first names are never mentioned), Friar Lawrence became Father Lawrence, and Prince Escalus was renamed Captain Prince. Additionally, a few plot details unimportant to the grand story arc were shifted; most notably, Juliet awakens just as Romeo poisons himself and the two see each other alive before he dies and she commits suicide. Set in modern day, in the city of Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues are arch-rivals. The animosity of the older generation—Fulgencio (Paul Sorvino) & Gloria Capulet (Diane Venora) and Ted (Brian Dennehy) & Caroline Montague LESS