Romeo + Giulietta di William Shakespeare

Titolo originale: Romeo + Juliet
Regia: Baz Luhrmann |
Anno: 1996
Origine: Australia | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Romance
Tag: suicide | gang war | forbidden love | based on play or musical | murder | gun violence | star crossed lovers | shakespeare in modern dress | teenage romance | masquerade | ironic | romeo & juliet | absurd | incredulous | disapproving | dubious | frustrated | indifferent | tragic | shakespeare |
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio | Claire Danes | Jesse Bradford | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Brian Dennehy | John Leguizamo | Miriam Margolyes | Harold Perrineau | Christina Pickles | Pete Postlethwaite | Paul Rudd | Paul Sorvino | Diane Venora | M. Emmet Walsh | Edwina Moore | Zak Orth | Jamie Kennedy | Dash Mihok | Lupita Ochoa | Gloria Silva | Vincent Laresca | Carlos Manzo | Carolyn Valero | Paco Morayta | Rodrigo Escandon | Margarita Wynne | Harriet Sansom Harris | Michael Corbett | Pedro Altamirano | Mario Cimarro | Des'ree | Ismael Eguiarte | Ricardo Barona | Fausto Barona | Quindon Tarver | Alex Newman | Cory Newman | Jorge Abraham | John Sterlini | Farnesio de Bernal | Catalina Botello |

Nella bella Verona Beach, due adolescenti innamorati si tolgono la vita seppellendo per sempre l'odio dei loro genitori. Lo annuncia una speaker di un notiziario televisivo, declamando in versi rimati il loro amore tragico e avversato dalle rispettive famiglie: anglosassoni e protestanti i Montague, ispanici e cattolici i Capulet. Signori di Verona e nemici giurati, governano sciaguratamente il destino della città a colpi di pistola e quello dei loro figli con regolamenti e castighi. Dietro a una maschera, attraverso un acquario e sotto a un balcone, Romeo e Giulietta si innamorano di un amore innocente ed eccitato. Divisi dagli impedimenti del caso e dall'egoismo delle parti avverse, i giovani innamorati soccomberanno nel corpo, sopravvivendo nel cuore.

Approfondimenti

Marlon Brando expressed interest in playing Father Laurence, but personal family problems took him o [...] D
All the guns in the film are named after types of swords. The handguns belonging to Benvolio (SWORD [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio fought for Claire Danes to win the role of Juliet after she impressed him with her [...] D
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Aaliyah, Kate Winslet, and Christina Ricci were conside [...] D
Claire Danes was only three years older than the character she played. It was her first ever experie [...] D
Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, and John Leguizamo auditioned for the role of Mercutio before Baz Luh [...] D
Martin Brown: The film's co-producer is the security man sitting at the monitors in the balcony scen [...] D
Claire Danes' rendition of Juliet's line "I long to die!" is sampled in the background of the Evanes [...] D
The music playing as Juliet shoots herself at the end of the film is Isolde's 'Liebestod' from the m [...] D
John Leguizamo and Brian Dennehy worked together again in Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). D
Romeo and Juliet first kiss which takes place in a cramped lift with the camera dizzyingly swirling [...] D
Baz Luhrmann approached the film along the lines of "If William Shakespeare were alive today, what k [...] D
In an effort to drum up the necessary funds from the backers, Leonardo DiCaprio flew to Australia on [...] D
Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio initially did not get along well on set. Danes accused DiCaprio o [...] D
Key hair stylist Aldo Signoretti was kidnapped by gang members and held for $300 ransom which Baz Lu [...] D
Shakespeare described Tybalt's swordsmanship as "showy". To transform this into flamboyant gunplay, [...] D
Romeo's last words at the altar, as he is about to die, are "the drug is quick". This is the same se [...] D
Sam Rockwell auditioned for the role of Mercutio. D
Cinematographer Donald McAlpine was faced with a real problem with the meet-cute scene between Romeo [...] D
The film runs for exactly two hours, in line with the prologue which states: "Is now the two hours' [...] D
On Paul Rudd's last day on the shoot, he and Leonardo DiCaprio were on their way to a bar to celebra [...] D
In the opening scene, when the Montagues arrive they are singing along to the radio where one sings, [...] D
Paul Sorvino plays Juliets father and also does so in Love is all there is (1996) playing Angelina J [...] D
Neil Patrick Harris was considered for the role of Romeo. D
John O'Connell: The choreographer plays the waiter at Sycamore Grove just before Mercutio's death sc [...] D
The telephone number for the Post Haste Dispatch is 555-3713. D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 1 [...] D
The bruised eye seen on Sampson Montague (Jamie Kennedy) was real. Jamie mentioned in a reaction vid [...] D
Catherine Martin, Kym Barrett: The production designer and the costume designer make cameo appearanc [...] D
Several important scenes in the movie have water in them. When we first see Romeo he is on the beach [...] D
The highest-grossing live-action William Shakespeare adaptation. D
Leonardo DiCaprio and Pete Postlethwaite later starred together in Inception (2010). D
In the original play, the Prince says that due to the discord of Capulet and Montague, he has in the [...] D
Like most of William Shakespeare's work, the verse of Romeo and Juliet is written in iambic pentamet [...] D
Baz Luhrmann sent alternative-rock band Radiohead a videotape containing the last 20 minutes of the [...] D
Claire Danes's first day on set filming with Leonardo DiCaprio was the topless scene after Romeo and [...] D
In Baz Luhrmann's native Australia, the soundtrack was the second highest selling album of the year, [...] D
On the beach where Romeo meets Juliet's maid to arrange his wedding, a stall called "Rosencrantzsy's [...] D
When Tybalt's car rolls over, the roll cage, which is used to protect the stunt driver, collapsed, a [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio's version of Romeo's speech at Juliet's bier was so good that it moved Claire Dane [...] D
One of the police helicopters that is featured is named Capt. Prince. The role of the police captain [...] D
The opening petrol station encounter took 7 days to film with 2 days of pick-ups in Veracruz. D
The majority of sets were built from scratch in order to achieve the film's unique look. The Sycamor [...] D
Claire Danes wears a wig throughout the movie and also had a special aquatic wig for her underwater [...] D
There are various billboards, advertisements and magazines throughout the movie that contain quotes [...] D
When Romeo talks to the father of the main church about his new love with Juliet, the children's cho [...] D
At the Capulet masquerade ball, the major characters wear costumes that reflect their personalities: [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio was Baz Luhrmann's first choice to play Romeo. D
The Jesus statue that dominates Verona was actually a visual effect. In reality, it was 2 feet high. D