The film updates the setting to modern day and the swords and daggers mentioned in the original text have been changed to pistol models. The official website for leonardo dicaprio, featuring archived film photos, trailers, and information. It ends, as romeo and juliet must, when romeo hears a tragic piece of. He has been nominated for seven academy awards, four british academy film awards and nine screen actors guild awards, winning one from each of these and three golden globe awards from twelve nominations dicaprio received three young artist award nominations for his.
Romeo hears about her death and buys poison before visiting the family crypt. See more ideas about leonardo dicaprio, romeo and juliet and young leonardo dicaprio. 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. Leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, diane verona, john leguizamo, paul rudd and pete postlethwaite. Rare in film history has there been such a perfect casting leonardo dicaprio as romeo. To find out which character you are most like, take this quiz the possible results for this quiz include romeo, juliet, benvolio, paris, lady capulet, mister capulet, miss montague, mercutio, and. I do not own clips or musicaudio and it was edited by myself. This film jumpstarted the trend of modernday shakespeare remakes, and i think its the. But the setting has been moved from its elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of verona beach. This version of romeo and juliet actually does add something to the extensive history of the play. 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.
Directed by academy award nominee baz luhrman moulin rouge, this adaption of the classic shakespearean play is passionate, visceral, sexy, violent, and otherworldly. Met leonardo dicaprio, claire danes en john leguizamo. They instantly fall in love when romeo crashes a party and meets juliet, despite their being members of feuding families. Baz luhrmann shakespeare romeo and juliet leonardo dicaprio film movies baz luhrmanns kaleidoscopic film adaptation of romeo and juliet, while often leaving much to be desired from the two main actors in the way of delivery, presents a fascinating modern interpretation of the 16th century drama.
Leonardo dicaprio a list of 28 titles created 1 day ago 1990 a list of 39 titles created 02 sep 2017 quarantine a list of 48 titles. We are then introduced to the character romeo who is played by leonardo decaprio. With leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, john leguizamo, harold perrineau. The dialogue is the most accurate of all the romeo and juliet film adaptations. They instantly fall in love when romeo crashes a party and meets juliet, despite their being. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and juliet fall in love. Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes portray romeo and juliet, the youthful starcrossed lovers of the past. We have seen a modern version in the theatre, which was brilliant, but this film is really poor. 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. For another modern take on ol shakeys classic, check out carlo carleis romeo and juliet 20, which stars a freshfaced cast, including true grits hailee steinfeld as juliet. Mar 21, 2020 in the original version of romeo and juliet, leonardo dicaprios romeo goes to the capulet crypt to find juliet. Plot the rivalry between veronas two wellestablished families, the capulets and the montagues, affects the relationship of their children romeo and juliet. Leo is perhaps best known for his roles in the basketball diaries 1995, catch me if you can 2002 and many more.
More recently he starred as hugh glass in the revenant 2015 and won an academy award for best actor. Apr 22, 2020 explore navghtyyys board leonardo dicaprio. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their families will not allow them to be together. Heres what leonardo dicaprio had to do to get cast in. The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the title. Famous and romantic romeo and juliet quotes of 1996 film. Soon after that we are introduced to juliet who is played by the beautiful claire danes, someone i havent seen in too many movies. 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. The mythical balcony scene is freshly designed and executed. Within days, it seemed, girls english binders were plastered in photos of leonardo dicaprio from the film, with his perfectly curved forelock and. Leo does a great job as romeo, but thats because leo is a good actor in this film.
It was also, appropriately enough, nearly ubiquitous during my seventhgrade year, a puberty that happened to coincide with similar growing pains in. Welcome to leonardo dicaprio online, your fansite source dedicated to the very talented leonardo dicaprio. Romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes must hide their love from the world. Baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespears classic love story is spellbinding. Claire danes wears a wig throughout the movie and also had a special aquatic wig for. Romeo leonardo dicaprio declares his love for juliet claire danes, but discovers that she is a capulet. Their two rival families, the montaques and the capulets, baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespeares classic love story is spellbinding. However, when he gets there, paris is there grieving the loss of juliet and romeo kills him during a fight. The classic story of romeo and juliet, set in a modernday city of verona beach. Baz luhrmanns dazzling and unconventional adaptation of william shakespeares classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, diane verona, john leguizamo, paul rudd and pete. Fate has other plans as paris encounters romeo and is killed by the latter.
Leonardo dicaprio and claire danes were the right choice for romeo and juliet because of the chemistry seen on screen and they were the right age to be play the role at the time anyway. List of awards and nominations received by leonardo dicaprio. Leonardo dicaprio, claire danes, john leguizamo romeo. American actor leonardo dicaprio has won 54 awards from 168 nominations, and was named runnerup for 4 of those nominations. From the famous opening line of two households both alike in dignity. Shakespeares death scene in the tomb lacked a dramatic payoff for luhrmann, who has juliet regain consciousness just as romeo poisons himself, so that she can use her sweet alases while he can still hear them. He tenderly undresses juliet and they spend the night together. Set in the mythical city of verona beach, the montagues and capulets are two feuding families whose children meet and fall in love.
Romeo pumps tybalt full of lead while shouting incomprehensible lines. Heres what leonardo dicaprio had to do to get cast in romeo. The two young actors have the power to captivate their audience and together, they are unsurpassable. As a film and literature teacher, i love this movie. Her father fulgencio capulet paul sorvino has arranged her marriage to the boorish paris paul rudd as part of a strategic investment plan.
Romantiek drama film geregisseerd door baz luhrmann. A true love letter to one of the best movies of the nineties, this event is an absolute must for fans. Romeo leonardo dicaprio is aloof toward the goingson of his montague cousins, but after. The famous balcony scene, rewritten as an immodest romp in the capulet swimming pool, finds romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes pledging undying love for each other on the very night they meet. Director baz luhrmann knew what he was doing when he cast claire danes and leonardo dicaprio in the title roles of william shakespeares romeo and juliet. When juliet awakes to discover romeo s corpse, she uses tybalts gun and shoots herself in the head. Juliet claire danes is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. It was also, appropriately enough, nearly ubiquitous during my seventhgrade year, a puberty that happened to coincide with similar growing pains in popular music. 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. Leonardo dicaprio was a great romeo, but, on the whole, this version is a noisy mess. Romeo and juliet one of the most well known classic love stories in history, romeo and juliet, written by william shakespeare and the modern film remake made by baz luhrmann tells the story of two young lovers who, because of the everlasting rivalry between their two families cant express their love sufficiently for it to be known. The film stars leonardo dicaprio and claire danes in the title roles. The montagues and capulets are two feuding families, whose children, romeo leonardo dicaprio and juliet claire danes, meet and fall in love. Leonardo dicaprios hawaiian shirt from romeo and juliet.
Parents are cautioned against permitting tweens and under to view this film due to its extreme violence, gross materialism, and sexual innuendo. In this version, the capulets and the montagues are two rival gangs. The classic shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by. And for a real oldschool take, you might travel back in time to george cukors romeo and juliet which came out in the wayback days of 1936. Details include the date it was added to uk netflix, any known expiry dates and new episodesseasons, the ratings and cast etc. Leo is also a film producer, and environmental activist. The one thing the director did a good job at is cinematography and the technical execution for the film.