It is based on michael punkes novel inspired by a truelife tale of a frontiersmans. The welltodo capulets have chosen paris, a dashing but dull time magazine cover boy, heir to glitzy verona beach, to wed juliet. How leonardo dicaprio charmed his way into romeo and. Baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespears classic love story is spellbinding.
Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Home video trailer from 20th century fox home entertainment. Shifting attitudes about taboo love and marriage, gender roles, and even guns and street violence inform the. We have seen a modern version in the theatre, which was brilliant, but this film is really poor. I created this video with the youtube video editor editor. It was directed by australian baz luhrmann and stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the title roles the movie is a version of shakespeares play designed to appeal to a younger modern audience. Do the songs take you back to where you were when you first saw leo strut his gorgeous, smoking stuff onto the screen. If you were coming of age in the nineties or even if you werent, leonardo dicaprio and claire danes are likely your definitive romeo and juliet, starring in baz luhrmanns acclaimed 1996. She had a contract with all my children and that interfered with the filming of the movie. Ex jumanji 2, top gun 2, mulhermaravilha 1984, mulan. But leonardo dicaprio was always going to be romeo. Baz luhrmanns modern classic unfolds with its heart on its sleeve and guns ablaze. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful starcrossed lovers of the past.
Romeo and juliet interview with leonardo dicaprio youtube. I love you 1996 version of romeo and juliet and leonardo dicaprio as romeo. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their families will not allow them to be together. What are the differences between the romeo and juliet. The first time i watched this film was september 2015 in my year 11 english class when we just so happened to be studying romeo and juliet. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. Where can i watch the romeo and juliet modern version with leonardo dicaprio. Romeo leonardo dicaprio is aloof toward the goingson of his montague cousins, but after he realizes that juliet claire danes is a capulet at the end of one very wild party, the enmity between. Depending on when principal filming took place, he could have been 20 or 21. It is an adaptation and modernization of william shakespeares tragedy romeo and juliet. But the setting has been moved from its elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of verona beach. What are the differences between the romeo and juliet movie and the leonardo dicaprio movie. Ignore the fact that our favorite heartthrobs version was most likely.
Music from the motion picture is the soundtrack to the 1996 film of the same name. The director thought she looked too young to play the part. There are a lot of things a ninetiesera leonardo dicaprio could. Romeo and juliet through the ages folger shakespeare library. Bought this for granddaughter studying romeo and juliet for gcse. Leonardo dicaprio was so intent on getting the role of romeo that he paid his own way to fly to australia to meet with director baz luhrmann. She flew to sydney, australia to film scenes with leonardo dicaprio, but leonardo was too tall to fit well with her. Though the tragic love story of shakespeares romeo and juliet is a perennial favorite, the world around the play has changed in the four centuries since it was first performed. Justini sit on the ground outside of the school smoking. The dead dagger verona italy pistol verona beach new york in the play. I am so grateful for that day because not only did i discover my favourite song talk show host radiohead, i fell in love with leonardo dicaprio. In this modernday angstridden version of the ancient classic, leonardo dicaprio is romeo montague and claire danes is juliet capulet. Do you have the same feelings towards baz luhrmanns romeo and juliet that i do. This worksheet inspires the student to stay actively engaged while watching the movie answers can only be found in the movie, not the book.
Part of the reason why dicaprio was cast, according to. This quiz consists of 29 short answer questions which can be used with the 1996 adaptation of romeo and juliet leonardo dicaprio. I smoke intel i get tugged up by a police officer stiles please omfg pls. The montagues and capulets are two feuding families, whose children, romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes, meet and fall in love. The montagues and capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. Against the crumbling backdrop of political and social hierarchy, a chance meeting through a neon fish tank at a masquerade ball begets a desperate pact of love between starcrossed lovers romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes. I think shakespeares original itself drags a bit, and this movie is no exception. It was not until yesterday, the tragedy of this film hit me. A true love letter to one of the best movies of the nineties, this event is an absolute must for fans. Romeo and juliet isnt any different from the many sappy love stories that have existed in various cultures for centuries. Here is what i learned from baz luhrmanns romeo and juliet. A shakespeare adaptation with gunslinging gangsters and that guy from inception. Leonardo dicaprio was a great romeo, but, on the whole, this version is a noisy mess. Claire danes and leonardo dicaprio in a scene from romeo and.
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