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.
- Title: Romeo + Juliet (1996)
- Release: 1 November 1996 (USA)
- Rate: 6.8/10
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 120 min
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Lequizamo
- Director: Baz Luhrmann
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