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Release Date: 2006-02-07, Rating: NR (Not Rated)

My Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet For A New Generation, With Baz Luhrmann (2004)

The Techniques Luhrmann Uses to Draw his Audience into the Film Romeo and Juliet

This 3 page report discusses two 20th century movies based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” that are easily remembered and compared because of their distinctive style and presentation. In 1968, Franco Zeffirelli created a lush costume extravaganza that told the Romeo and Juliet story (in the U.S., it was released in 1974. In 1996, Australian director Baz Luhrmann presented a much more stylized interpretation titled William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Characteristics of both movies are presented...

This 3 page report discusses two 20th century movies based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” that are easily remembered and compared because of their distinctive style and presentation. In 1968, Franco Zeffirelli created a lush costume extravaganza that told the Romeo and Juliet story (in the U.S., it was released in 1974. In 1996, Australian director Baz Luhrmann presented a much more stylized interpretation titled William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Characteristics of both movies are presented...

This 3 page report discusses two 20th century movies based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” that are easily remembered and compared because of their distinctive style and presentation. In 1968, Franco Zeffirelli created a lush costume extravaganza that told the Romeo and Juliet story (in the U.S., it was released in 1974. In 1996, Australian director Baz Luhrmann presented a much more stylized interpretation titled William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Characteristics of both movies are...

This 3 page report discusses two 20th century movies based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” that are easily remembered and compared because of their distinctive style and presentation. In 1968, Franco Zeffirelli created a lush costume extravaganza that told the Romeo and Juliet story (in the U.S., it was released in 1974. In 1996, Australian director Baz Luhrmann presented a much more stylized interpretation titled William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Characteristics of both movies are presented...

A 6 page comparison of Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film production of Romeo and Juliet with the 1996 version directed and produced by Baz Luhrmann. It concludes that Luhrmann's version, despite its faithful Shakespearean dialogue, is so far removed from Shakespeare's own world-view that it can hardly be called an interpretation of the play at all. No additional sources cited.

Bright, loud update of Shakespeare's tragedy of feuding families and first love. Contemporary fantasy setting, Verona Beach, and attitude (the Montagues and the Capulets are business rivals), with the 16th-century Elizabethan language intact, although Luhrmann's said to have cut half the text. Hot-blooded Romeo (DiCaprio) takes one look at angelic Juliet (Danes) and falls immediately in love/lust. This doesn't please Juliet's family, including quick-tempered cousin Tybalt (Leguizamo) who goes after...

Demi Moore takes it all off in this raucous and daring comedy in which she plays a woman who takes a job stripping at a Florida club in order to regain custody of her daughter from her con artist ex-husband. ... more

Release Date: 2003-01-14, Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes. Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy of star-crossed lovers is adapted for this modern day interpretation set in Verona Beach—with a new score so commanding, it personifies the emotions of this tragic tale to immeasurable heights. 1996/color/120 min/PG-13.

A 4 page paper which examines how each film uses an unusual choice of setting to reveal new meanings in the respective plays. Bibliography lists 4 sources.