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However, Branagh had no business casting himself in the lead role.

Released: 1948 Romeo and Julietįranco Zeffirelli rolled the dice with 1968's Romeo and Juliet, casting young unknowns Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey as the doomed lovers. His poor performance almost makes the movie unwatchable. He took further chances by having them do several of the love scenes in the nude. Hamlet Movie Analysis: From the small page to the big screen.

His gamble, however, paid off the film was a critical and commercial success and remains one of the most beautiful Shakespeare adaptations to date. With an all-star cast, including Oscar-nominee Kate Winslet ('Iris,' 'Titanic') and Oscar-winner Julie Christie ('Dragonheart,' 'Dr. (He also cast Kate Winslet as Ophelia, who wasnt a huge star then but became one a year. Zhivago'), as well as appearances by Charlton Heston, John Gielgud, Jack Lemmon, Gerard Depardieu, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and many others.

Branagh received an Oscar nomination for his outstanding screenplay. Cinematographer Pasquale de Santis won an Oscar for his work, as did costume designer Danilo Donati.įor the rock 'n roll version of Romeo and Juliet, see Baz Luhrman's 1996 William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, which combines action-packed drama and hyperkinetic pacing with Shakespeare's language. The film also features Derek Jacobi as King Claudius, Julie Christie as Queen Gertrude, Kate Winslet as Ophelia, Michael Maloney as Laertes, Richard Briers. The rival families, the Capulets and Montagues, are transplanted to fictional Verona Beach, where the families run businesses from dueling skyscrapers and gang members shoot at each other from the ground and the air.

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