Romeo + Juliet

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Shakespeare film adaptation film romantic drama film

Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 modernized film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the titular lovers.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Romeo + Juliet (1996 film) 0 2
Romeo + Juliet (1996 film score) 0 1
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespeare film adaptation →
film →
romantic drama film →
alternateTitle Romeo + Juliet →
surface form: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
basedOn Romeo and Juliet →
basedOnAuthor William Shakespeare →
cinematographyBy Donald McAlpine →
countryOfOrigin Australia →
United States of America →
surface form: United States
director Baz Luhrmann →
distributedBy 20th Century Fox →
editedBy Jill Bilcock →
genre crime drama →
romantic drama →
teen film →
leadCharacter Juliet Capulet →
Romeo Montague →
musicBy Craig Armstrong →
Marius de Vries →
Nellee Hooper →
notableFeature retains Shakespearean dialogue in a modern setting →
stylized, fast-paced visual editing →
originalLanguage English →
portraysCharacter Claire Danes as Juliet →
Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo →
producer Baz Luhrmann →
Gabriella Martinelli →
productionCompany 20th Century Fox →
Bazmark Films →
releaseDate 1996-11-01 →
releaseYear 1996 →
runtimeMinutes 120 →
screenwriter Baz Luhrmann →
Craig Pearce →
setting Verona Beach →
settingNote modernized urban setting inspired by Verona →
starring Brian Dennehy →
Claire Danes →
Dash Mihok →
Diane Venora →
Harold Perrineau →
Jamie Kennedy →
Jesse Bradford →
John Leguizamo →
Leonardo DiCaprio →
Miriam Margolyes →
Paul Rudd →
Paul Sorvino →
Pete Postlethwaite →
title Romeo + Juliet self-link →

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romeo + Juliet → alternateTitle → Romeo + Juliet →
this entity surface form: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Claire Danes → notableFilm → Romeo + Juliet →
Romeo and Juliet → notableFilmAdaptation → Romeo + Juliet →
this entity surface form: Romeo + Juliet (1996 film)
Brian Dennehy → notableWork → Romeo + Juliet →
Claire Danes → notableWork → Romeo + Juliet →
Craig Armstrong → notableWork → Romeo + Juliet →
this entity surface form: Romeo + Juliet (1996 film score)
John Leguizamo → notableWork → Romeo + Juliet →
this entity surface form: Romeo + Juliet (1996 film)
Leonardo DiCaprio → notableWork → Romeo + Juliet →
Leonardo → notableWork → Romeo + Juliet →
subject surface form: Leonardo DiCaprio
Romeo + Juliet → title → Romeo + Juliet self-link →