William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Brian Dennehy, Harold Perrineau, Miriam Margolyes, Paul Rudd, Christina Pickles, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo, M Emmet Walsh, Jesse Bradford

Director: Baz Luhrmann
Release Date: November 1st, 1996
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Synopsis: "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona (where we lay our scene/From ancient grudge break new mutiny,/Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean/From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/A pair of star-crossed lovers take their lives." These famous lines and the vivid language of Shakespeare's beloved play drive director Baz Luhrmann's cinematic interpretation. Welcome to Verona Beach, a sexy, violent other-world, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Wealthy, selfish, ruthless and powerful, the parents share an enmity that has become the birthright of their offspring.