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Romeo and Juliet (1968) -- When the now famous "star crossed lovers" of two enemy families meet, forbidden love ensues.

Overview

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Director:
Writers:
William Shakespeare (play)
Franco Brusati (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 October 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The 1968 Royal Film Performance [UK Theatrical] more
Plot:
When the now famous "star crossed lovers" of two enemy families meet, forbidden love ensues. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 13 nominations more
User Comments:
Leonard and Olivia more (149 total)

Cast

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Directed by
Franco Zeffirelli 
 
Writing credits
William Shakespeare (play)

Franco Brusati (screenplay) &
Masolino D'Amico (screenplay) &
Franco Zeffirelli (screenplay)

Produced by
John Brabourne .... producer
Richard B. Goodwin .... associate producer (as Richard Goodwin)
Anthony Havelock-Allan .... producer
 
Original Music by
Nino Rota 
 
Cinematography by
Pasqualino De Santis (lighting cameraman)
 
Film Editing by
Reginald Mills 
 
Casting by
Dyson Lovell (uncredited)
 
Production Design by
Lorenzo Mongiardino  (as Renzo Mongiardino)
 
Art Direction by
Emilio Carcano 
Luciano Puccini 
 
Costume Design by
Danilo Donati 
 
Makeup Department
Mauro Gavazzi .... makeup artist
Luciano Vito .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Giuseppe Bordogni .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Isa Bartalini .... assistant director
Dyson Lovell .... assistant director
Bert Pearl .... assistant director
Rinaldo Ricci .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Christine Edzard .... set dresser
Italo Tomassi .... set designer (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Sash Fisher .... sound mixer
Pat Foster .... assistant dubbing editor
Mike Hopkins .... dubbing editor (as Michael Hopkins)
Maurice Askew .... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Peter Maxwell .... adr mixer (uncredited)
Lionel Strutt .... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Nicolo Perno .... fight arranger (as Nicolo' Perno)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
David Harcourt .... camera operator
Dudley Lovell .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
John Rushton .... assistant editor
Giorgio De Vincenzo .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Glen Weston .... singing voice: Leonardo (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Gabriella Bernardi .... production secretary
Anna Davini .... production assistant
Pio De Vito .... production accountant
Sue Huskisson .... production secretary
Liselotte Kloncka .... production secretary
Lamberto Pippia .... production assistant
Alberto Testa .... choreographer
Giorgio Albertazzi .... voice dubbing: John McEnery (Italian version) (uncredited)
Roberto Bertea .... voice dubbing: Paul Hardwick (Italian version) (uncredited)
Pino Colizzi .... voice dubbing: Michael York (Italian version) (uncredited)
Dhia Cristiani .... voice dubbing: Pat Heywood (Italian version) (uncredited)
Marina Dolfin .... voice dubbing: Natasha Parry (Italian version) (uncredited)
Sergio Fantoni .... voice dubbing: Robert Stephens (Italian version) (uncredited)
Mario Feliciani .... voice dubbing: Milo O'Shea (Italian version) (uncredited)
Giancarlo Giannini .... voice dubbing: Leonard Whiting (Italian version) (uncredited)
Anna Maria Guarnieri .... voice dubbing: Olivia Hussey (Italian version) (uncredited)
Massimo Turci .... voice dubbing: Bruce Robinson (Italian version) (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
Romeo e Giulietta (Italy)
Romeo y Julieta (Argentina) (Mexico) (Spain) [es]
Rómeó és Júlia (Hungary) [hu]
Roméo & Juliette (France) [fr]
Roméo et Juliette (Belgium: French title) [fr]
Romaios kai Ioulietta (Greece) [el]
Romeo & Julia (West Germany) [de]
Romeo ja Julia (Finland) [fi]
Romeo och Julia (Sweden) [sv]
Romeo og Julie (Denmark) [da]
Romeo und Julia (West Germany) [de]
Romeu & Julieta (Brazil) [pt]
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Runtime:
138 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:12 | USA:G (original rating) (Approved No. 21756) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | West Germany:12 | USA:PG (edited for re-rating) (1973) | Argentina:Atp
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The first major film production of this play to actually cast leading actors who were close to the ages of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Zeffirelli needed to get special permission to show teenaged Olivia Hussey topless in one scene. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Tybalt is stabbed, the blood stain on his shirt keeps changing places. more
Quotes:
Narrator: Two households, both alike in dignity / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life / Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Do with their death bury their parents' strife. more
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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Leonard and Olivia, 13 November 2007
8/10
Author: claudiaeilcinema from Italy

This was the first time we actually saw the teenage love Shakespeare intended. Years and years before Leonardo Di Caprio and Clare Danes, Leonard Whiting and Olivia Houssey gave life to the tragic story told in this ancestral tale, revamping it without betraying it, making it accessible to a 60s audience without updating it. Leonard and Olivia were so beautiful that Shakespeare became trendy again and I don't mean any disrespect by it, I'm simply stating a fact. The real, stunning, dusty locations, the costumes, the faces, the music made the whole thing a totally new Shakespearen experience. Remember than the biggest screen adaptation of this play had been with the forty something Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer in those roles. Here everything reeked of youth underlining the tragedy in the most cinematic way. Another important point is to confirm that in 2007 the film still feels young and fresh. Recommended

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