Romeo and Juliet (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Producer(s) | John Brabourne, Richard B. Goodwin (associate), Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play |
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Romeo and Juliet (1968) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan, Richard B. Goodwin and John Brabourne.
Academy Awards 1968 --- Ceremony Number 41 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis | Won |
| Best Costume Design | Danilo Donati | Won |
| Best Director | Franco Zeffirelli | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne, Producers | Nominated |
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A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for sorrow will not show his head. For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Narrator: Two households, both alike in dignity / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life / Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
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Narrator: Two households, both alike in dignity / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life / Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
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Facts about
According to Franco Zeffirelli's autobiography, Paul McCartney was originally asked to play the part of Romeo.
Although the soundtrack on the DVD is mono, the three soundtrack albums made from this film (one with score and dialogue excerpts, one with the entire film soundtrack, and one with only the music) were all released in stereo.
During the sword fight scene when Mercutio throws a sword at Tybalt's feet, Mercutio's shadow is actually Franco Zeffirelli's shadow standing in for him because John McEnery was sick that day (according to Michael York's autobiography).
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Although the soundtrack on the DVD is mono, the three soundtrack albums made from this film (one with score and dialogue excerpts, one with the entire film soundtrack, and one with only the music) were all released in stereo.
During the sword fight scene when Mercutio throws a sword at Tybalt's feet, Mercutio's shadow is actually Franco Zeffirelli's shadow standing in for him because John McEnery was sick that day (according to Michael York's autobiography).
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