Romeo And Juliet

Based on the play by William Shakespeare

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Starring Leonard Whiting

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Format:: DVD
Distributor:: Paramount Home Entertainment
Release date:: 03 February 2003
Category:: Modern Classic
EAN:: 5014437827739
Catalogue number:: PHE8277
Language:: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Country of origin: Italy/UK
Colour:: Colour
Region codes:: 2
Certificate: PG

Description

Franco Zeffirelli directs this version of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy - breaking with the norm and casting a 17 (Leonard Whiting) and 15-year-old (Olivia Hussey) to play the lead roles. The filming took place in Italy, broke another tradition by having nude love scenes, has a well-known score by Nino Rota (who went on to write the music for 'The Godfather') and is probably still one of the most profitable film adaptations of a Shakespeare play. The film was nominated for 4 Academy Awards and won 2 - for Costumes and Cinematography.