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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 0024543403623 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 06, 2007 Running Time: 120 minutes Sales Rank: 14282 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: November 01, 1996
Product Description: Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding.Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic backdrop of Verona Beach.This brilliant and contemporary retelling of the world's most tragic love affair makes this wildly inventive Romeo + Juliet unforgettable.System Requirements:Run Time: 120 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 024543403623 Manufacturer No: 2251564
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Rating: - Shakespeare Rocks
Love this version of Romeo & Juliet. I call it "in your face Shakespeare." It is a good introduction to Shakespeare for teenagers. It shows them that the themes of older literature are still relevant today in their world.
Rating: - Tragic and touching and beautiful
Not a promotion of teen suicide, but a tragic story of how acting on impulse can conclude. Beautiful and haunting. One of the best movies ever.
Rating: - Catches your eye.
Romeo & Juliet is a great take on Shakespeare's classic play. The dialogue stays true to the original but the movie is set in modern time which makes this film modern, edgy, and fresh. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes make the perfect star-crossed lovers, their chemistry is very intense and breathtaking. This film is so colorful, imaginative, and makes your head spin (in a good way), and the music is just outstanding, you have to pick up the soundtrack as well. I highly recommend this spacey ... Read More
Rating: - This is pretty shocking
I can't believe that in this day and age that such a tawdry film could be made -- why, it totally promotes teen suicide! Shocking, simply shocking. (Axton)
Rating: - Crisp, fresh and breathtaking; this reimagining stands at the head of the pack...
William Shakespeare's classic `Romeo + Juliet' is probably one of the most influential pieces of literature ever recorded. You can feel its presence and influence breathing life into just about everything we read, watch or listen to these days. With a tale this classic, this important to modern cinema it becomes something a bit wary to tackle it at its core and `remake' it from scratch. One may be a tad hesitant to embrace its new shape and form and rightfully so. When you look at the track record ... Read More