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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
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PG13,2hrs 0min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1996
Director:
Baz Luhrmann
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo  ...more
Synopsis: The classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director Baz Luhrmann to a post-modern Verona Beach where swords are merely a brand of gun and bored youths are easily spurred toward violence. Longtime rivals in religion and business, the Montagues and the Capulets share a page from the Jets and Sharks of West Side Story when they form rival gangs. Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) is aloof toward the goings-on of his Montague cousins, but after he realizes that Juliet (Claire Danes) is a Capulet ... Full Synopsis
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Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
Amid the clamor from outraged purists and Shakespeare spinning in his Stratford-on-Avon, England, grave, you should notice that Luhrmann and his two bright angels have shaken up a 400-year-old play without losing its touching, poetic innocence. Full Review
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