Romeo and Juliet / a Paramount picture ; a BHE film made with Verona Produzione and Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica ; the Franco Zeffirelli production ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne ; screenplay, Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli.
Edition:
DVD special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (folded : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: excerpt from the 2018 documentary "Franco Zeffirelli, directing from life"; interviews with actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting from 1967 and 2016; trailer; essay by scholar Ramona Wray. Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood, Robert Stephens, Michael York, Bruce Robinson, Paul Hardwick, Natasha Parry, Antonio Pierfederici, Esmeralda Ruspoli, Roberto Bisacco.
Summary:
Considered one of the great Shakespeare adaptations, it was the first to cast actual teenagers in the lead roles. Young lovers have an affair which threatens to inflame the tensions between their feuding families during the Renaissance.
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