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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Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Released:

Nov 1st, 1996

Budget:

$14,500,000.00

Revenue:

$147,298,761.00

Country:

USA

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio Claire Danes John Leguizamo Harold Perrineau

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- When Romeo talks to the father of the main church about his new love with Juliet, the children's choir perform the chorus for the song "When Doves Cry" by Prince.

- Neil Patrick Harris was considered for the role of Romeo.

- 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 PT99 9mm Parabellum…More