Title:
Romeo and Juliet
Author:
Series:
Series Number:
1171.
Summary:
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.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: excerpt from the 2018 documentary "Franco Zeffirelli, directing from life"; interviews with actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting from 1967 and 2016; trailer; essay by scholar Ramona Wray.
Edition:
DVD special edition.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (folded : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Geographic Term:
Author(s):
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Publication Date:
2023
1968
ISBN:
9798886070194
Publication Information:
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]
©1968
Call Number:
DVD ROMEOANDJULIET