Romeo + Juliet [Blu-ray]

Director: Baz Luhrmann Baz Luhrmann

Overview

Shakespeares plays is taken word for word and thrown into modern day showing the romance between rival gangs complete with ultra-visualistic direction. Tragic tale of romance translates quite well and works with DiCaprio and Danes in the leads.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/19/2010
UPC:	0024543642190
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	1,272

Special Features

Shaking up Shakespeare picture-in-picture mode with audio commentary by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Donald McAlpine and Craig Pearce and featuring behind-the-scenes footage and stills; Uncut footage from the Bazmark Vault; Romeo + Juliet: The Music; Filmmaker and interview galleries; BD-Live**: Live lookup powered by IMDb

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Leonardo DiCaprio	Romeo
Claire Danes	Juliet
Brian Dennehy	Ted Montague
John Leguizamo	Tybalt
Pete Postlewaite	Father Laurence
Paul Sorvino	Fulgencio Capulet
Diane Venora	Gloria Capulet
Harold Perrineau	Mercutio
Paul Rudd	Dave Paris
Jesse Bradford	Balthasar
Dash Mihok	Benvolio
Miriam Margolyes	The Nurse
Vondie Curtis-Hall	Captain Prince
Christina Pickles	Caroline Montague
M. Emmet Walsh	Apothecary
Carlos Martin Manzo Ortalora	Actor
Carlos Manzo	Petruchio
Michael Corbett	Rich Ranchidis
Quindon Tarver	Choir Boy
Craig Armstrong	Composer
Nellee Hooper	Composer
Lupita Ochoa	Actor
Marius Devries	Composer
Carlos Martín Manzo Otálora	Actor
Pete Postlethwaite	Pater Laurence
Rodrigo Escandon	Actor
Zak Orth	Gregory
Jamie Kennedy	Sampson
Vincent Laresca	Abra
Pedro Altamirano	Peter
John Sterlini	Sacristan
Harriet Sansom Harris	Susan Santandiago (TV Gossip)
Edwina Moore	Anchorwoman
Paco Morayta	Actor
Carolyn Valero	Actor
Gloria Silva	Actor
Margarita Wynne	Actor

Technical Credits

Craig Pearce

Martin Brown

Baz Luhrmann	Director,Producer
Craig Pearce	Screenwriter
Gabriella Martinelli	Producer
Gareth Vanderhope	Sound/Sound Designer
Rob Young	Sound Mixer
Thad Beier	Special Effects
José Manuel Aguilar	Sound Effects
Martin Brown	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

It's Shakespeare for the MTV generation. Director Baz Luhrman (Strictly Ballroom) brings his gaudy, overheated aesthetic to this hyperkinetic rendering of the Bard's famous romantic tragedy -- a movie that moves like an action film while keeping Shakespeare's text intact. Updated to the present and set in an unspecified Latin city bursting with tropical colors, red-hot mamas, gun-toting skin heads, and oversized religious icons, this Romeo and Juliet was a big hit with young moviegoers. Leonardo DiCaprio's turn here as Romeo put him on the map as a teen heartthrob, but it's the radiant Claire Danes who carries the picture. As the child-woman Juliet, she has a gravity and heartbreaking intensity that allow her to hold the screen in the midst of fast cuts and flying bullets.