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William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (stylized as William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet) is a 1996 romantic crime film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It is a modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare 's tragedy of the same name , albeit still utilizing Shakespearean English .
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (/ d i ˈ k æ p r i oʊ, d ɪ-/; Italian: [diˈkaːprjo]; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer.Known for his work in biographical and period films, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards.
[102] [103] John Madden's 1998 Shakespeare in Love depicts Shakespeare's process in composing Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of his own doomed love affair. Writers Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard exploited another commonplace of Shakespeare-related films, which scholar Tony Howard describes as the "playing Shakespeare is a gateway to self ...
DiCaprio is even better in the earlier movie he made with Luhrmann, as the lovesick swain of the ardently romantic 1996 Romeo + Juliet: With Claire Danes’ Juliet as the object of his lovesick ...
A 75-minute “Short Shakespeare ... Baz Luhrmann took the same tack, casting a 21-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio opposite a 17-year-old Claire Danes for his 1996 technicolor film adaptation.
Leonardo DiCaprio turned 50 this week, celebrating his big day with a huge, star-studded party in Los Angeles, and it has Us feeling all the feels. ... Baz Luhrmann’s iconic Shakespeare ...
Romeo and Juliet (Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet.
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 1996 film of the same name. The soundtrack contained two separate releases: the first containing popular music from the film and the second containing the score to the film composed by Nellee Hooper , Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries .