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Baz Luhrmann’s take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is perhaps one of the best-loved adaptations and is the second installment in his Red Curtain Trilogy, which closed with Moulin Rouge! (2001). Featuring Luhrmann’s distinctive, stylized palate coupled with frenetic, MTV-style editing and an all-star soundtrack, Romeo + Juliet became a classic for its casting, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes playing the star-crossed lovers.
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1996 | 120 min. | Australia/USA/Canada | Color | Scope | English | Rated PG-13 | 35mm
DIRECTED BY: Baz Luhrmann
WRITTEN BY: Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann
PRODUCED BY: Gabriella Martinelli, Baz Luhrmann
WITH: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo