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Epicurus.com - Romeo & Juliet
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List Price: $9.99
Our Price: $6.99
Your Save: $ 3.00 ( 30% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood (II)
Directed By: Franco Zeffirelli
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HUSSEY,OLIVIA
EAN: 9780792165057
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0792165055
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-05-23
Running Time: 138
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1968-10-08
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Editorial Reviews:
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Shakespeare's classic play of tragic love between members of opposing families.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 12-DEC-2003
Media Type: DVD
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: watch it for the best part
Comment: yeah, yeah, i know, it's classic and all, shakespeare's a genius, blah blah blah. but all these years as the world's most popular online merchandising website have left me a little worn out in the head, so nowadays when i watch movies like this i mainly keep my eyes open for the good parts.
and the best part in this movie is when they're in bed, and juliet's nightgown, you know, just kinda...slips a bit. now that's cinema.
thanks for shopping.
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Summary: Romeo & Juliet
Comment: Great classic and still good today. Just wish they could have improved the sound when they put it on DVD. Still worth it though. Thanks for the good price.
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Summary: Romeo & Julliette
Comment: I saw this when I was about 12 or 13 in school for English literature class. I was so moved and touched by it's beauty and the loveliness of the main actors. I have never seen it again despite looking for it. so, when I saw it was for sale I had to own it to show it to my son who is approaching 12 years now.
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Summary: i love this movie!
Comment: i own the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet, but i felt like watching this 1968 version. so i got it and let me just say i love this one! it is the best version i think ever made of the famous play. (and i love Leo Dicaprio) so for me to say this is amazing! i loved it so much i watched it about five times since i got it! five stars!
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Summary: Cupid, He Rules Us All
Comment: In 1968 Franco Zeffirelli wowed critics and audiences alike with his filmed version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He cast two unknown actors in the title roles. Romeo was played by Leonard Whiting, who captured the angst and anti-war sentiment of his generation while juxtaposing it with his all-consuming passion for Juliet. And Olivia Hussey plays Juliet to perfection by endowing her with innocence, naivety, intelligence and loving conviction. The rest of the cast is also superb especially John McEnery who lends a manic energy to Mercutio, Milo O'Shea who plays the difficult role of Friar Laurence, Pat Heywood who is spectacular as the Nurse, Michael York as the violent Tybalt and Bruce Robinson plays the loyal Benvolio. The film features a phenomenal score composed by Nino Rota. The production design is fantastic and the costumes are all lavishly created and provide the film with a sense of authenticity (even if not historically accurate). The fight choreography, though simple when compared to today's standards, is exciting and well rehearsed.
"Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes...
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows...
Do with their death bury their parents' strife."
For those few who aren't familiar with the story (Go read it!), it tells the tale of Romeo, son of Montague and Juliet, daughter of Capulet. The two youths fall in love only to discover that they are sworn enemies. They hide their love from their feuding parents and are hastily wed in secret. But Juliet is to marry another, at the command of her father and Romeo is banished from Verona for killing Juliet's cousin Tybalt. Just as it seems that there's no hope that the two lovers will be united, a Franciscan Friar offers Juliet a draught, which when taken gives off the appearance of death and once her family believed her to be dead she would be free to rejoin Romeo. But Romeo hears rumor of his beloved's demise and sets off for the mausoleum where her body rests. There, too distraught to live, he drinks a vial of poison and dies but not before giving Juliet one last kiss. When the draught wears off Juliet finds her true love's body. She is so determined to be with him that she plunges his dagger into her own heart, thus either ending her anguish or reuniting them in the afterlife. When the Capulets and the Montagues discover the tragedy that has befallen them, they put aside their ancient feud and are united in grief.
"A glooming peace this morning with it brings.
The Sun, for sorrow, will not show his head,
For never was a story of more woe...
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Though Zeffirelli takes some liberties with William Shakespeare's text (numerous lines of dialogue are omitted or altered, the confrontation between Romeo and Paris is removed, and the scene where Romeo goes to the apothecary to buy the poison is for some reason left out), he preserves the spirit of the tragic romance. The film is truly a classic and an example of acting at its finest.
Unfortunately the only DVD available is rather lacking. The film has not been restored or remastered in any way and the audio track is only in 2.0. There aren't really any special features except for English subtitles, scene selection and a theatrical trailer. With this year marking the 40th anniversary of the film hopefully we can expect a more worthy DVD release, but if not this one is available at most retailers for a very reasonable price.
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