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Rockin' Romeo & Juliet (2006); musical film in which Romeo is a modern rock star wooing Juliet with his singing ability; directed by David McGaw (USA) Romeo and Juliet: A Monkey's Tale (2006); fictional-documentary in which two monkeys from rival cliques fall in love; directed by Karina Holden (Australia) Guca!
The earliest tale bearing a resemblance to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesiaca, whose heroic figure is a Habrocomes.The character of Romeo is also similar to that of Pyramus in Ovid's Metamorphoses, a youth who is unable to meet the object of his affection due to an ancient family quarrel, and later kills himself due to mistakenly believing her to have been dead. [3]
Even when she lies apparently dead in the tomb, he says her "beauty makes / This vault a feasting presence full of light." [56] Juliet describes Romeo as "day in night" and "Whiter than snow upon a raven's back." [57] [58] This contrast of light and dark can be expanded as symbols—contrasting love and hate, youth and age in a metaphoric way. [49]
Romeo and Juliet (Spanish:Julieta y Romeo) is a 1940 Spanish historical drama film directed by José María Castellví and starring Martha Flores and Enrique Guitart. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. [1]
Rosaline also appears in the 2013 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Robert Nathan's 1966 romantic comedy, Juliet in Mantua, presents Rosaline as a fully developed character. In this sequel, in which Romeo and Juliet did not die, the pair live ten years later in exile in Mantua. After they are forgiven and return to Verona, they learn that ...
Olivia Hussey, the scene-stealing star of the 1968 film "Romeo & Juliet," died at 73 on Dec. 27.. Hussey, who shot to fame as a star in the '60s film and later became an animal rights activist ...
Romeo and Juliet (Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli , the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet .
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (stylized as William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet) is a 1996 romantic crime film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It is a modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare 's tragedy of the same name , albeit still utilizing Shakespearean English .