Romeo e Giulietta

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The Nurse is commonly portrayed as an older woman, and in all other film adaptations, has been playe [...]	D
As of May 2021, this is the last Shakespearean film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best [...]	D
Milo O'Shea (Friar Laurence) was filming Barbarella (1968) at the same time as this.	D
Olivia Hussey wrote in her autobiography, "The Girl on the Balcony", that director Franco Zeffirelli [...]	D
Lulu, Angela Cartwright, Jenny Agutter, Sarah Douglas, Veronica Cartwright, Goldie Hawn, Candice Ber [...]	D
This movie, according to Thom Yorke, has had heavy influence on the work of British alternative band [...]	D
In a 2018 interview, Olivia Hussey said that she felt at ease on set filming her first ever nude sce [...]	D
The fate of Benvolio is not known in the William Shakespeare play, as he disappears after Mercutio's [...]	D
Olivia Hussey was put on diet pills when she was first cast as Juliet. After seeing the effects they [...]	D
It's often reported that Olivia Hussey was fifteen years old at the movie's premiere, and thus not a [...]	D
According to Paramount Pictures' souvenir book, it appears that director Franco Zeffirelli either fi [...]	D
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has said that Franco Zeffirelli had approached him to play Romeo in this mo [...]	D
Laurence Olivier (Narrator), Olivia Hussey (Juliet), Michael York (Tybalt), Roy Holder (Peter) and K [...]	D
Claire Bloom, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Angela Lansbury, Eva Marie Saint, Jean Simmons, and Eliza [...]	D
Although this movie was originally shown with a mono soundtrack, and although the soundtrack on the [...]	D
During the sword fight scene, when Mercutio throws a sword at Tybalt's feet, Mercutio's shadow is ac [...]	D
Anjelica Huston was considered for the role of Juliet, but her father, John Huston, intervened by wr [...]	D
After Giulietta e Romeo (1936), this was the second adaptation of the play to receive an Academy Awa [...]	D
The opening and closing narration of the Italian version was performed by an uncredited Vittorio Gas [...]	D
Olivia Hussey said in a 2018 interview that even though she was nude during the wedding night scene, [...]	D
According to Olivia Hussey, the camera used for filming, Arriflex, was very loud. As a result, the d [...]	D
This was the first major movie production of this play to cast a leading actor and actress who were [...]	D
William Shakespeare's play is thought to have been written between 1591 and 1596 (most likely in the [...]	D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
The famous nude scene was saved until the very end of the shoot so as to make sure the young actors [...]	D
John McEnery performed most of Mercutio's "a plague on both your houses" scene while suffering from [...]	D
For her audition, Olivia Hussey learned the monologue for when Juliet decides to take the potion to [...]	D
In January of 2023 Whiting and Hussey filed suit for having been compelled to film a nude scene as t [...]	D
Much of the dialogue from the balcony scene had to be redone with ADR - due to the noises made from [...]	D
Jane Seymour auditioned for the part of Juliet. Coincidentally, she would later go on to appear alon [...]	D
Theatrical movie debut of Pat Heywood (The Nurse).	D
Bruce Robinson (Benvolio) concentrated on screenwriting, earning an Oscar nomination for Urla del si [...]	D
After a producer saw the film, Olivia Hussey was offered the role of Mattie in Il Grinta (1969). She [...]	D
Both the leads were sent for a few months of vocal training before shooting started. Leonard Whiting [...]	D
Olivia Hussey revealed in her autobiography that, despite spending two years making and promoting th [...]	D
Along with the fight between Romeo and Paris, the scene where Romeo reads the party's guest list, di [...]	D
On December 30, 2022, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting filed a lawsuit in Santa Monica Superior Cou [...]	D
The scene of Romeo and Juliet first meeting at the masquerade was filmed as an exterior. However Fra [...]	D
The first conversation between Benvolio and Romeo was shot four times in three different locations.	D
Laurence Olivier had to record his narration (and dubbing as Lord Capulet) barefoot - as the shoes h [...]	D
Ross Lynch of Austin & Ally (2011) has stated on multiple occasions that this is his all-time favori [...]	D
Michael York also did some sword-fighting in I tre moschettieri (1973) and its sequels Milady (1974) [...]	D
Michael York previously appeared in another Franco Zeffirelli filmed production of a Shakespeare pla [...]	D
The film was screened as the 1968 Royal Film Performance,	D
The first scene between Romeo and Juliet is so famous, it's simply known as "the balcony scene", and [...]	D
Sir Laurence Olivier agreed to play the uncredited role of the narrator, because he was so impressed [...]	D
Though a natural dark blonde, Michael York dyed his hair black especially for the role of Tybalt.	D
Olivia Hussey later said that the studio told her she would have to appear very much like Juliet in [...]	D
Jeff Bridges, Phil Collins, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Matheson, Kurt Russell, and the two eldest Osmond [...]	D
Franco Zeffirelli initially planned this movie as a television production. Then Paramount Pictures b [...]	D
Sir Laurence Olivier was offered the role of Romeo in Giulietta e Romeo (1936) but he turned it down [...]	D
This was the first Shakespearean movie that received a classification other than "U" (all ages) by t [...]	D
Leonard Whiting recalls Franco Zeffirelli coming up to him with good news and bad news. The good new [...]	D
The music played for the 'Moresca' in the masquerade ball caused people a few headaches as they trie [...]	D
For the scene where Juliet runs into Paris as she goes to see Friar Laurence, Olivia Hussey ran all [...]	D
Olivia Hussey and Michael York also starred in Orizzonte perduto (1973).	D
The young actors were forbidden from going out on the town while filming, so as to preserve the imag [...]	D
The last Shakespearean movie (to date) to have its American television premiere on commercial networ [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to be nominated in either of the lead acting categ [...]	D
In the1969 film Fiore di cactus (1969), the characters played by Walter Matthau and Goldie Hawn brie [...]	D
The song 'What Is a Youth', sung by Glen Weston at the masquerade ball, was originally to be sung by [...]	D
Franco Zeffirelli became concerned by Olivia Hussey gaining weight during filming, and ordered that [...]	D

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