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. Captain planet movie heading to big screen, maybe with leonardo dicaprio. William shakespeares romeo juliet vhs, 1997 for sale online. Luhrmann, craig pearce, julie taymor, michael hoffman, william shakespeare. Leonardo dicaprio starred as romeo montague opposite claire danes as. Leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, john leguizamo romeo. Romeo and juliet, two teenagers who fall in love at a costume party only to find that their love might be doomed from the start as they are both from two different families that are sworn enemies. It is not long, however, before a chain of fateful events changes the lives of both families forever. The man in the iron mask 1998dicaprio rocked longer. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful starcrossed lovers of the past who now meet in the futuristic urban backdrop of verona beach. See more ideas about romeo and juliet, romeo juliet 1996 and i movie. They light up the screen as the original starcrossed lovers against a thumping soundtrack and a boldly imagined modernday setting.
Everything about this movie was amazing and its in my top 5 of all time favorite movies. The difference here is what sets the two lovers apart. Claire danes and leonardo dicaprio in romeo and julietclaire. Luhrmann, danes, and dicaprio place this romeo and juliet in capable hands. Shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue. The movie went on to win 11 oscars and become then the highest grossing movie of all time, but dicaprio sadly did not win for best actor. It ends, as romeo and juliet must, when romeo hears a tragic piece of misinformation and. Their two rival families, the montaques and the capulets, baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespeares classic love story is spellbinding. List of movies starring leonardo dicaprio on netflix whats. Against the crumbling backdrop of political and social hierarchy, a chance meeting through a neon fish tank at a masquerade ball begets a desperate pact of love between starcrossed lovers romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes. One such time was when romeo is driving down the street before he kills tybalt, he is screaming as if possessed.
The official website for leonardo dicaprio, featuring archived film photos, trailers, and information. Leonardo dicaprios movies, ranked worst to best rolling stone. Leonardo dicaprio was a great romeo, but, on the whole, this version is a noisy mess. Leonardo dicaprio full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Dec 06, 2019 the movie s line im the king of the world. The welltodo capulets have chosen paris, a dashing but dull time magazine cover boy, heir to glitzy verona beach, to wed juliet. Bought this for granddaughter studying romeo and juliet for gcse. The hit film helped make a romantic leading man out of leonardo dicaprio, a movie star out of claire danes, and bard fans out of a generation weaned on mtv. Enter romeo, mercutio, benvolio, with five or six other maskers. Brian dennehy, john leguizamo, pete postlethwaite, paul sorvino and diane venora also star in supporting roles. The two families have a long standing feud thats recently been stoked by violent actions perpetuated by tybalt john leguizamo, juliet s cousin and romeo s sworn enemy. In 1995, dicaprio played the american author jim carroll in the basketball diaries and the french poet arthur rimbaud in total eclipse. The film runs for exactly two hours, in line with the prologue which states. All leonardo dicaprio movies ranked movie and tv news.
Leonardo dicaprios iconic portrayal of excessive wall street player jordan belfort takes a turn for the insane when he takes his lamborghini for a spin. Performed and written by thom yorke, jonny greenwood, ed obrien, colin greenwood, phil selway radiohead produced by radiohead with nigel godrich. It is an adaptation and modernization of william shakespeares tragedy romeo and juliet. There his parents ran several businesses, including a gas station and a movie theatre. Famous and romantic romeo and juliet quotes of 1996 film those quotes from leonardo dicaprios version,shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue. We have seen a modern version in the theatre, which was brilliant, but this film is really poor. William shakespeares romeo and juliet is a 1996 american romantic crime tragedy film. Like paul rudd or jennifer aniston who would follow, leonardo dicaprio got his start in the business befitting all future megastars. Leonardo dicaprio won favorite actor and claire danes won favorite actress in a romance at the 1997 blockbuster entertainment awards. Baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespears classic love story is spellbinding. Any teenager growing up in the mid 90s will attest to the unbeatable hipness of this movie. Notable movies included titanic 1997, the departed 2006, the wolf of. Leonardo dicaprio is an american actor who started his career performing as a child on television.
Leonardo dicaprio biography, movie highlights and photos. Leonardo dicaprios movies, ranked worst to best rolling. Romeo leonardo dicaprio is aloof toward the goingson of his montague cousins, but after he realizes. The classic shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director baz. The classic story of romeo and juliet, set in a modernday city of verona beach. Leonardo dicaprio was so intent on getting the role of romeo that he paid his own way to fly to australia to meet with director baz luhrmann. With leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, john leguizamo, harold perrineau. Notable movies included titanic 1997, the departed 2006, the wolf of wall street 20, and the revenant 2015.
They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their families will not allow them to be together. The movie kicks off with a street brawl between the montegues and capulets. Being a fan of corinthians, romeu has to fake he really likes palmeiras, in order to gain julietas heart. A true love letter to one of the best movies of the nineties, this event is an absolute must for fans. Rare in film history has there been such a perfect casting leonardo dicaprio as romeo. Sep 24, 2014 famous and romantic romeo and juliet quotes of 1996 film those quotes from leonardo dicaprios version,shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue. The hit film helped make a romantic leading man out of leonardo dicaprio, a movie star out of claire danes, and bard fans out of a generation weaned on. Shakespeares classic love story, oscar nominee leonardo dicaprio stars opposite claire danes. Leonardo dicaprios hawaiian shirt from romeo and juliet. Their two rival families, the montaques and the capulets, are now gangs and every other aspect of life surrounding romeo and juliets tragic love affair has moved from its. In this dazzling adaptation of shakespeares classic love story, oscar nominee leonardo dicaprio stars opposite claire danes. They light up the screen as the original starcrossed lovers against a thumping.
Hailee steinfeld, douglas booth, damian lewis, laura morante. Dicaprio starred with kate winslet in the james camerondirected film titanic 1997. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful starcrossed lovers of the past. In this modern version of the 400yearold classic, romeo leonardo dicaprio is a member of the montague family and juliet claire danes lives in the capulet household. The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the title roles of two. As his portly, affable, but duplicitous boss, russell crowe is also quite good. Top 10 leonardo dicaprio movies of all time reelrundown. Sanders, julie, adaptations and appropriation london. Behind the scenes movie broll leonardo dicaprio, claire danes screenslam.
Romeo and juliet by christine spines premiere october, 1996 dont say i never did anything for you. Dicaprio brings the required amount of breathless desperation to his role as a cia operative who gets in too deep in ridley scotts middle eastset terrorismandespionage thriller. The bbc made some splendid versions of the collective works of shakespeare, of course including romeo and juliet, in the 1980ies and i think they come as close to the actu. Filme, kinos, kinoprogramm, 3d, charts, dvd, video. Leonardo dicaprio, american actor and producer, who emerged in the 1990s as one of hollywoods leading performers, noted for his portrayals of unconventional and complex characters. Shakespeares famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of. The next morning romeo, his cousin tybalt and his best friend mercutio are discussing the previous nights events when juliet s nurse appears and demands to speak to romeo alone. Romeo leonardo dicaprio is aloof toward the goingson of his montague cousins, but after he realizes that juliet claire danes is a capulet at the end of one very wild party, the enmity between. Jul 15, 2019 the movie went on to win 11 oscars and become then the highest grossing movie of all time, but dicaprio sadly did not win for best actor. Romeo and juliet secretly wed despite the sworn contempt their families hold for each other. While getting someone like leonardo dicaprio for the role of romeo seems. Leonardo dicaprio was mediocre as romeo, although claire danes was good in the role of juliet. Claire danes and leonardo dicaprio in romeo and julietclaire danes left. The film doesnt disappoint with a young claire danes homeland fame and leonardo decaprio in the.
Over the course of a single decade the 1990s leonardo dicaprio graduated from supporting work in television to a status as one of the most soughtafter hollywood actors under 30. T he words are scribbled in messy ballpoint on the side. There were several points in which it moved from tragic and poignant to stupid and absurd. My son is currently doing romeo and julie for gcse, so i wanted him to watch this movie which. Leonardo dicaprio list of movies and tv shows tv guide. He was the perfect actor for this role and i really thought he embraced his character romeo very well. He appeared on the shows the new lassie 1989 and santa barbara 1990 and also had long running roles in the comedydrama parenthood 1990 and the sitcom growing pains, before making his film debut in the 1991 directtovideo release critters 3. William shakespeares romeo juliet vhs, 1997 for sale. Reviewed in the united states on december 29, 2006.
Both kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio learned how to dance the polka for the. The montagues and the capulets of verona have held a grudge against each. The dead dagger verona italy pistol verona beach new york in the play. She intimates to him that juliet has arranged for the two of them to be married in secret by romeo s priest and so romeo and juliet meet and are married at last.
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