Release Date: February 14, 2023
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $31.96
Amazon- $39.95
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writers: Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli, William Shakespeare
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Michael York, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood
One of the great Shakespeare adaptations, this sublime take on the Bard’s immortal romantic tragedy by Franco Zeffirelli breathed new life into the oft-told tale by casting actual teenagers in the title roles. As the young lovers whose affair threatens to inflame the tensions between their feuding families in Renaissance Verona, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting vividly capture the mix of adolescent ardor and turmoil that fuels their destiny-driven liaison. A sensory banquet thanks to Nino Rota’s delicate score and the exquisite, Oscar-winning costumes and cinematography, Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare at its most deeply felt and passionately alive.
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $31.96
Amazon- $39.95
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writers: Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli, William Shakespeare
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Michael York, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood
- Italy, United Kingdom
- 1968
- 138 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- English
One of the great Shakespeare adaptations, this sublime take on the Bard’s immortal romantic tragedy by Franco Zeffirelli breathed new life into the oft-told tale by casting actual teenagers in the title roles. As the young lovers whose affair threatens to inflame the tensions between their feuding families in Renaissance Verona, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting vividly capture the mix of adolescent ardor and turmoil that fuels their destiny-driven liaison. A sensory banquet thanks to Nino Rota’s delicate score and the exquisite, Oscar-winning costumes and cinematography, Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare at its most deeply felt and passionately alive.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Excerpt from the 2018 documentary Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
- Interviews with actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting from 1967 and 2016
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by scholar Ramona Wray
