Mead Public Library (Sheboygan)

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Motion picture)

Title:

Romeo + Juliet / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; a Bazmark production ; directed by Baz Luhrmann ; screenplay by Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann ; produced by Gabriella Martinelli, Baz Luhrmann.

Edition:

Music edition.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

Widescreen

DVD

video file DVD video dual layer region 1

auditory closedCaptions

Summary:

Baz Luhrmann's unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story, with the setting moved from Renaissance-era Verona to modern-day Verona Beach in southern California.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13.

CHV rating: 14A.

Contents

Special features: Music machine feature -- 3 audio commentaries with director Baz Luhrmann, co-composer Craig Armstrong and co-composers Marius De Vries -- Romeo + Juliet: The music documentary -- The London music mix featurette -- Journey of the song featurettes: "Young hearts run free, ' "Everybody's free," and Temp music.

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brian Dennehy, John LeGuizamo, Miriam Margolyes, Harold Perrineau, Christina Pickles, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Rudd, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora, M. Emmet Walsh.

Notes:

Based on the play: Romeo and Juliet / by William Shakespeare.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.

Special features (57 min.): optional audio commentary by Luhrmann; optional audio commentary by Armstrong; optional audio commentary by De Vries; "Music machine", direct access to 14 songs in the film; "'William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet' : the music" documentary (47 min.); "The London music mix" featurette (4 min.); 3 "Journey of the songs" featurettes (6 min. total).

Includes program notes on container insert.

Director of photography, Donald M. McAlpine ; film editor, Jill Bilcock ; music by Nellee Hooper ; original score composed by Craig Armstrong, Marius De Vries, Nellee Hooper.

DVD, region 1; DTS or Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English, Dolby digital surround in French or Spanish ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation.

In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish; with optional English or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Subjects:

Romeo (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Juliet (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Teenagers -- Drama.

Families -- Drama.

Love -- Drama.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Romance films.