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  1. Box office. $38.9 million [2] Romeo and Juliet (Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet. Laurence Olivier spoke the film's prologue and epilogue ...

  2. Romeo and Juliet: Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea. When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.

    • (35K)
    • Drama, Romance
    • Franco Zeffirelli
    • 1968-10-08
  3. Sep 17, 2000 · September 17, 2000. 7 min read. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting as "Romeo and Juliet." “Romeo and Juliet” is always said to be the first romantic tragedy ever written, but it isn’t really a tragedy at all. It’s a tragic misunderstanding, scarcely fitting the ancient requirement of tragedy that the mighty fall through their own flaws.

  4. Romeo and Juliet. One of the great Shakespeare adaptations, Franco Zeffirelli’s sublime take on the Bard’s immortal romantic tragedy breathed new life into the oft-told tale by casting actual teenagers in the title roles. As the young lovers whose affair threatens to inflame the tensions between their feuding families in Renaissance Verona ...

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  5. May 20, 2024 · Romeo & Juliet, 1968, Franco Zeffirelli, Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting. Item Size. 1.5G. The 1968 version of "Romeo & Juliet", directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. Addeddate.

  6. Romeo and Juliet (Film 1996) Summary. Verona Beach is a gritty, run-down city bisected by two major organized crime families, the Capulets and the Montagues, who also happen to be bitter, deadly rivals. The hate between the two families runs far and deep, so much so that even the current clan patriarchs no longer know why they hate each other ...

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