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William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Call Number: DVD01206

Director/Distributor: by Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce; Gabriella Martinelli; Leonardo DiCaprio; Claire Danes; Jesse Bradford; Vondie Curtis-Hall; Brian Dennehy; John Leguizamo; Miriam Margolyes; Harold Perrineau; Christina Pickles; Pete Postlethwaite; Paul Rudd; Paul Sorvino; Diane Venora; M Emmet Walsh; William Shakespeare; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Bazmark Films (Firm); Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2002.

Notes: Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996.
Special features: Commentary with Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Craig Pearce, and Don McAlpine ; Director’s gallery featurettes: Impact (4 min.); Why Shakespeare? (3 min.); Pitching Shakespeare (10 min.); The gas station (7 min.); The pool scene (5 min.); Tybalt’s execution (4 min.). Cinematographer’s gallery featurettes: A hole in the wall, One light, Operator, The Fishtank, The elevator, The church (6 min.); Design gallery slide shows: The books (5 min.); Guns of Verona Beach (1 min.); Cars of Verona Beach (1 min.); Production design (11 min.); Fashion of Verona Beach (3 min.); Branding of Verona Beach (1 min.); Interview gallery featurettes: Co-writer (2 min.); Editor (2 min.); Choreographer (2 min.); Costume designer (2 min.); Leonardo DiCaprio (2 min.); Claire Danes (2 min.); John Leguizamo (2 min.); Music clips (8 min.); Marketing R+J (4 min.); DVD-ROM feature Script to screen [requires a DVD-ROM drive].

Summary: Shakespeare’s famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

OCLC #: 678683069

Added: 5/13/14

This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.