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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (often shortened to Romeo + Juliet) is a 1996 romantic crime film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It is a modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the title roles of two teenagers who fall in love, despite their being members of feuding families. Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino and Diane Venora also star in supporting roles. It is the third major film version of the play, following a 1936 film and a 1968 film.

CAST
Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo
Claire Danes as Juliet
Miriam Margolyes as Nurse, Juliet's nanny
Brian Dennehy as Ted Montague, Romeo's father
Christina Pickles as Caroline Montague, Romeo's mother
Paul Sorvino as Fulgencio Capulet, Juliet's father
Diane Venora as Gloria Capulet, Juliet's mother
Harold Perrineau as Mercutio, Romeo's best friend
John Leguizamo as Tybalt, Juliet's cousin
Paul Rudd as Dave Paris, the governor's son and Juliet's fiancé
Dash Mihok as Benvolio, Romeo's cousin
Vincent Laresca as Abra, Juliet's cousin
Carlos Martín Manzo Otálora as Petruchio, Juliet's cousin
Pete Postlethwaite as Father Laurence, the priest who marries Romeo and Juliet
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Captain Prince, the chief of police

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Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.

IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6946736/

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Transcript
00:00Did my heart love till now, forswear it's sight, for I never saw true beauty till this
00:24night?
00:25Are you now?
00:38Confer, Verona, where we lay our scene.
00:41Two households, both alike in dignity.
00:45Throw your misheaven weapons to the ground!
00:49From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean,
00:56a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.
01:01Who is it that you love?
01:02Gentle Romeo of Hotas love, pronounce faithfully.
01:05My heart's dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet.
01:11Romeo!
01:12Thou art a villain!
01:14Turn and jump!
01:15Turn and jump!
01:17Romeo's loose tibbles!
01:19Romeo must not live!
01:21My only love sprung from my only hate.
01:24Romeo is banished!
01:31See thee, they will murder thee.
01:33Let them find me here.
01:39A plague on both your houses!
01:47Ha, ha, ha, ha!
01:49I am fortune full!
01:53Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
02:03Good night.
02:04Good night.

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