Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy
for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named
Verona Beach. In this version, the Capulets and the Montagues are two
rival gangs. JULIET (Claire Danes) is attending a costume ball thrown
by her parents. Her father Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) has
arranged her marriage to the boorish Paris (Paul Rudd) as part of a
strategic investment plan. ROMEO ATTENDS THE MASKED BALL AND HE AND
JULIET FALL IN LOVE.
And the rest, as they say, is history!Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes,
John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau,
Pete Postlethwaite
Twentieth Century Fox; Director Baz Luhrman PG-13; 120 min; 1996
Admission is free! Donations are welcome!
Refreshments will be available.
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