William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Resource Information

The work William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox presents a Bazmark production ; produced by Gabriella Martinelli and Baz Luhrmann ; screenplay by Craig Pearce & Baz Luhrmann ; directed by Baz Luhrmann

Title variation

• Romeo + Juliet
• Romeo and Juliet
• Romeo & Juliet
• William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
• William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

Contributor

• Bazmark (Firm)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Armstrong, Craig, 1959-
• Barrett, Kym
• Bilcock, Jill
• Danes, Claire, 1979-
• De Vries, Marius
• Dennehy, Brian
• DiCaprio, Leonardo
• Hooper, Nellee
• Leguizamo, John
• Luhrmann, Baz
• Martinelli, Gabriella
• McAlpine, Donald M
• Pearce, Craig, (Screenwriter)
• Postlethwaite, Pete
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Sorvino, Paul
• Venora, Diane

Subject

• Conflict of generations -- Italy | Verona -- Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Juliet, (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Love -- Italy | Verona -- Drama
• Musical films
• Romeo, (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Vendetta -- Italy | Verona -- Drama
• Verona (Italy) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Youth -- Italy | Verona -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Musical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. The setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic backdrop of Verona Beach with these star-crossed lovers

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Donald M. McAlpine ; film editor, Jill Bilcock ; music, Nellee Hooper ; additional score, Craig Armstrong, Marius De Vries ; costume designer, Kym Barrett ; production designer, Catherine Martin

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

English, French or Spanish languages, subtitled in English or Spanish; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.M86

LC item number

W555536 2006

PerformerNote

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John LeGuizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora

Runtime

120

Target audience

general

Technique

live action