Romeo & Juliet (1968) | 
 enlarge | Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Actors: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John Mcenery, Milo O'shea, Pat Heywood (ii)
Studio: Paramount
Category: Video
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Rating:  248 reviews
Sales Rank: 2147
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 138 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 6300216039
UPC: 097360680935
EAN: 9786300216037
ASIN: 6300216039
Theatrical Release Date: October 8, 1968
Release Date: September 10, 1996
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Condition: Box may be a little worn/torn.
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Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was unique in its day for casting kids in the play's pivotal roles of, well, kids. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey play the titular pair, the Bard's star-crossed lovers who defy a running feud between their families in order to be together in love. Typically played on stage and in previous film productions by adult actors, the innocent look and rawness of Whiting and Hussey resonated at the time with a burgeoning youth movement from San Francisco to Prague. The tragic romance at the center of the story also clicked with anti-authority sentiments, but even without that, Zeffirelli scores points by validating the ideals and passions of strong-willed adolescents. Less successful are scenes requiring the actors to have a fuller grasp of the text, though the best thing going remains the unambiguous duel between Romeo and Tybalt (Michael York). Lavishly photographed by Pasquale de Santis on location in Italy, this Romeo and Juliet brought a different tone and dimension to a story that had become tiresome in reverential presentations. --Tom Keogh
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 Classic story done to perfection November 30, 2008
Guil Fisher (New York, NY)
Zefferelli has brought this classic love story by Shakespeare to the screen. He makes it so simple, the language, and highlights this with an exeptional cast. With Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, both young newcomers at the time, in the leads, you become entranced with their love story and conflicts. This is Shakepseare at it's best. Although Henry V, Othello and Hamlet were all good films, this one is breathtaking to watch. Zefferelli followed this with Burton and Taylor in The Taming of the Shrew, also excellent. Hats off to Zefferelli.
Romeo & Juliet 1968 November 10, 2008
Rosalyn Davis
It was a very nice product and it is such a beautiful movie....the company sent the product fast and secure....thanx...Rosalyn
Romeo & Juliet October 24, 2008
phoebe leggett (1213 Gloucester Ferry Road, Greenville, SC 20607 United States)
Just as I remembered this movie as a youth - awesome story - movie is true to the original Shakespere writing. Great teaching tool. Love it!
 Romeo and Juliet October 6, 2008
J. Lindner (Gem Lake, MN United States)
The acting in this film is wonderful. The drama lines are delivered as one would expect, with class. The action scenes are played out well, though there was no as much blood as a sword thrust to the heart might actually cause, but this is family television. It is a very good introduction to Shakespeare, and the cast all realizes they are first and foremost Shakespearian actors.
This version far surpasses any other production of Romeo and Juliet. The veiwer gets the sense of the frustration, the romance, the hopes that hings might change, and the let down of realizing the tragedy involved in this in inevitable. Love conquers hearts but it can't change other people's attitudes towards something as personal as a blood feud. This movie hits home the depth of Shakespeare's stage play and is one of the better movies of the 1960s.
 Romeo & Juliet August 12, 2008
C. Bourque (Southeast,CT USA)
Great classic and still good today. Just wish they could have improved the sound when they put it on DVD. Still worth it though. Thanks for the good price.
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