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zmu| Romeo & Juliet - The Music Edition
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1996
Comments:
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Screenplay: Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce, William Shakespeare
Producer: Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gabriella Martinelli, Jill Bilcock
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite
Genre: Drama

Running Time: 120
Aspect Ratio:  2.35:1 (NTSC Widescreen)
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Features: Special Edition
Studio:  20th Century Fox DVD Region:  1 PG-13
DVD Release:  Feb 2007 Discs:  1 (Cloud) []
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Reviews:  Baz Luhrmann ("Strictly Ballroom") takes a shot at reinventing Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers as a visual pastiche inspired by MTV imagery, Hong Kong action-picture clichés, and Luhrmann's own taste for deliberate, gaudy excess. The result is explosive chaos, both in terms of bullets and visual sensibility, which some may find impossible to stick with for more than a few minutes. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the leads, though not with much distinction, while Pete Postlethwaite makes a huge impression as this movie's version of Friar Laurence. The film is successful in spots, but overall its fever-dream game plan is difficult to ride out. "--Tom Keogh"


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