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