William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; a Bazmark production ; directed by Baz Luhrmann ; screenplay by Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann ; produced by Gabriella Martinelli, Baz Luhrmann.
Based on the play: Romeo and Juliet / by William Shakespeare. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Special features (ca. 57 min.): optional audio commentary by Luhrmann; optional audio commentary by Armstrong; optional audio commentary by De Vries; "Music machine", direct access to 14 songs in the film; "'William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet' : the music" documentary (47 min.); "The London music mix" featurette (4 min.); 3 "Journey of the songs" featurettes (6 min. total). Includes program notes on container insert. Special features: Widescreen presentation -- Music machine feature -- 3 audio commentaries with director Baz Luhrmann, co-composer Craig Armstrong and co-composers Marius De Vries -- Romeo + Juliet: The music documentary -- The London music mix featurette -- Journey of the song featurettes: "Young hearts run free,' "Everybody's free," and Temp music -- Language: Egnish 5.1 DTS ; English 5.1 Dolbu surround ; French Dolby surrund ; Spanish Dolby surround -- Subtitles: English, Spanish. Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brian Dennehy, John LeGuizamo, Miriam Margolyes, Harold Perrineau, Christina Pickles, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Rudd, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora, M. Emmet Walsh.
Summary:
Baz Luhrmann's unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story, with the setting moved from Renaissance-era Verona to modern-day southern California.
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