William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

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Movie
German title William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Original title William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 1996.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 113 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Baz Luhrmann
script Craig Pearce ,
Baz Luhrmann
production Gabriella Martinelli ,
Baz Luhrmann
music Nellee Hooper
Collaboration: Craig Armstrong
camera Donald M. McAlpine
cut Jill Bilcock
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all the rules

Successor  →
Moulin Rouge

Romeo + Juliet is a film drama by Baz Luhrmann from the year 1996 , based on the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1596). The main roles are played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes . The film opened in German cinemas on March 13, 1997.

action

Romeo and Juliet, pupils of the warring families Montague and Capulet, fall in love at a masquerade ball without even knowing the other's name. Aware of their forbidden love, they want to settle the eternal dispute between the two respected families with their secret marriage. They find support from Julia's wet nurse and Father Laurence, who marries them.

But Romeo's friend Mercutio is murdered by Juliet's cousin Tybalt in a dispute, whereupon Romeo shoots Tybalt. After their wedding night, Romeo flees into exile. Julia's parents have now arranged their daughter's wedding with the heartthrob Count Paris. She receives a sleeping potion from Laurence, which puts her in a death-like state, whereby she escapes the forced marriage to Count Paris.

Romeo's servant Balthasar witnesses Juliet's "funeral", but Father Laurence can no longer explain it. Balthasar goes to Mantua and tells Romeo what he had seen. Romeo is desperate because of this news and makes his way to Verona - back to his Juliet. In deep sadness and despair, he procures a deadly poison and says goodbye to Julia in the crypt of the Capulets. Juliet wakes up the moment Romeo drinks the poison. When she has to watch her lover die, she shoots herself with Romeo's pistol.

criticism

“From set pieces of the current action cinema, pop music culture, a good dose of religious kitsch and the 400 year old original text, a brilliant version of Shakespeare's love tragedy for the MTV generation was created that challenged the audience's perceptual abilities due to the overflowing abundance of ideas. Despite a few weaknesses, the film is an exciting attempt to place Shakespeare in a current context of reflection on violence and modern media culture. "

- Lexicon of international film

background

  • The film is the second part of Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy .
  • Ewan McGregor , Christian Bale , Natalie Portman , Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon auditioned for the leading roles .
  • William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet was filmed in Mexico from January to April 1996 . The murder of Mercutio was filmed during a hurricane .
  • The element water has a special meaning in this film. It symbolizes the purity of love between Romeo and Juliet. Both can be seen in different underwater scenes, they see each other for the first time through an aquarium and kiss in the pool. Tybalt's death in a well destroys the purity of this love.

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Tybalt's weapon

Among other things, the film became known because of the very specially modified vehicles and weapons. The modified automatic pistols are based on the model of the Beretta 92 FS and its licensed version Taurus PT92 or PT96 as well as the Colt Combat Commander, a variant of the Colt 1911 . The engraved names were then adapted to the original of Shakespeare's version. The firearms are called dagger ( dagger ), sword ( sword ) or rapier , each supplemented with the corresponding caliber specification.

As in Shakespeare's drama, the dialogues are spoken in verse.

Soundtracks

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture Volume 1

Capitol, 1996

  1. # 1 Crush - Garbage
  2. Local God - Everclear
  3. Angel - Gavin Friday
  4. Pretty Piece of Flesh - One Inch Punch
  5. Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo + Juliet) - Des'ree
  6. Whatever (I Had a Dream) - Butthole Surfers
  7. Lovefool - The Cardigans
  8. Young Hearts Run Free - Kym Mazelle
  9. Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) - Quindon Tarver and Libera (Choir)
  10. To You I Bestow - Mundy (singer)
  11. Talk Show Host - Radiohead
  12. Little Star - Stina Nordenstam
  13. You and Me Song - The Wannadies

Radiohead's final credits song "Exit Music (For A Film)" appeared on their OK Computer album .

In 2006 the 10th Anniversary Edition came out, which contained the following titles from Volume 2 as bonus tracks: "Introduction to Romeo", "Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo + Juliet) Instrumental", "Young Hearts Run Free (Ballroom Version)" - featuring Kym Mazelle, Harold Perrineau & Paul Sorvino. Also published: "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) '07 Mix" - Baz Luhrmann featuring Quindon Tarver.

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture, Volume 2

Capitol, 1997, composers and producers: Nellee Hooper , Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries

  1. Prologue
  2. O Verona
  3. The Montague Boys - featuring Justin Warfield from One Inch Punch
  4. Gas station scene
  5. O Verona (recapitulation)
  6. Introduction to Romeo
  7. Queen Mab Interlude
  8. Young Hearts Run Free (Ballroom Version) - featuring Kym Mazelle , Harold Perrineau , & Paul Sorvino
  9. Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo + Juliet ) Instrumental
  10. Balcony scene
  11. When Doves Cry - Quindon Tarver and Libera (choir)
  12. A challenge
  13. Tybalt Arrives - featuring Butthole Surfers & The Dust Brothers
  14. Fight scene
  15. Mercutio's Death
  16. Drive of Death
  17. Slow Movement - composed by Craig Armstrong
  18. Morning breaks
  19. Juliet's Requiem
  20. Mantua
  21. Escape from Mantua - featuring Mundy
  22. Death Scene
  23. Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde )
  24. Epilogue

Awards

The film won four BAFTA Awards : Best Director , Best Screenplay , Best Music and Best Set .

The film received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Production Design .

At the 1997 Berlinale , Baz Luhrmann won the Alfred Bauer Prize for innovative film art. Leonardo DiCaprio received the Silver Bear for his performance as Best Actor .

The film was nominated in 6 categories at the MTV Movie Awards , but only Claire Danes won the Best Female Actress category.

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 28, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Soundtracks , imdb.com, Retrieved March 17, 2015
  3. ↑ [1] , allmusic.com, accessed on: March 17, 2015
  4. ^ Romeo + Juliet - IMDb. Accessed July 31, 2019 .

literature

  • William Shakespeare : Romeo and Juliet (Original title: Romeo and Juliet ), in ders .: Shakespeare's Dramatic Works, Volume 1 . German by August Wilhelm von Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck . Edited and revised by Hans Matter . With illustrations by Johann Heinrich Füssli . Diogenes, Zurich 1979, 334 (XXI) S., ISBN 3-257-20631-3
  • Leon Garfield, Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce: William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet , Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-596-13730-6
  • Baz Luhrmann, Peter Bruck: Romeo and Juliet. Learning materials , Klett Verlag, Stuttgart / Düsseldorf / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-12-577462-4
  • Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce: William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. The Contemporary Film. The Classic Play , Laurel-Leaf Books, New York 1996, ISBN 0-440-22712-7
  • Sebastian Stoppe: The “Red Curtain” cinema. Baz Luhrmann's films "Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge" , Tectum Verlag, Marburg 2006, ISBN 3-8288-9071-7

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