1996

PG-13

120 Min

Romeo + Juliet

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The Australian director Baz Luhrmann teleports the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet tale from the Italian Verona to the Latin-American Verona Beach. The film was a success with it’s original dialogue from the MTV aesthetic and with guns as the weapon of choice.

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Released:

Nov 1st, 1996

Revenue:

$147,298,761.00

Country:

USA

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio Claire Danes John Leguizamo Harold Perrineau

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Romeo And Juliet

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Shakespeare's grand tragedy of young, doomed love comes to the screen in a lush, MTV-style production, set in a surreal near future. Features a great soundtrack!

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- All the guns in the film are named after types of swords. The handguns belonging to Benvolio (SWORD 9mm Series S), Mercutio (DAGGER 9mm) and Tybalt (RAPIER 9mm) are Taurus PT92 or PT99 9mm…More

- Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, and John Leguizamo auditioned for the role of Mercutio before Baz Luhrmann decided to make Mercutio black. Benicio Del Toro was considered for the part of Tybalt.More

- In Baz Luhrmann's native Australia, the soundtrack was the second highest selling album of the year, going platinum five times.