Just over hour hundred years ago, William Shakespeare wrote a play about two 'star-cross'd lovers'. It has become synonymous with stories of love overcoming all differences, even if it has a tragic ending. There have been many stage and screen versions, even ballet versions of the story. In 2013 you can relive the tale when the Romeo and Juliet new movie is released.
William Shakespeare's play was first published in 1597. It was one of his earlier works, yet it has been one of the most enduring. He based it on an Italian story from earlier in the sixteenth century and kept the setting in Italy.
The play tells the tale of two families in Verona, a city in northern Italy. The Montagues and Capulets have been adversaries for years. One night Romeo, a Montague, sneaks into a ball held by the Capulets. There he meets Juliet. It is love at first sight for both. Knowing that their families will never approve of their union, they secretly go to a priest the next day and get married.
Meanwhile Juliet's cousin Tybalt is outraged at the way Romeo sneaked into the ball and challenges him to a duel. Romeo's friend Mercutio fights on his behalf and is killed. The grief-stricken hero then kills Tybalt, which leads to him being exiled from Verona.
The Capulet family decides to marry Juliet off to someone else, oblivious of the fact that she's already married a Montague. Desperate to escape this fate, she asks the priest to help her. He provides her with a drug that will put her into a deep sleep, simulating death for a while. A message is sent to the hero but doesn't reach him. The hero hears that his wife has 'died' and he travels to the crypt where her body is being kept. There he kills himself by drinking poison. His bride wakes up and finds him dead, so she grabs his dagger and kills herself too.
Since the earliest years of the film industry, there have been various big-screen adaptations of the tragic story. Several films used it as part of the plot or have been loosely based on it too. A respected director from Italy, Carlo Carlei, directed the latest movie version.
The cast includes Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld as the title characters. Booth is a British actor and model who beat three hundred other actors in getting the part. He follows in the footsteps of Leonardo DiCaprio, who played the role in the last significant film version of the story, directed by Baz Luhrman. Steinfeld is especially known for her Oscar-nominated part in 'True Grit' and will join notable actresses like Norma Shearer, Olivia Hussey and Claire Danes in portraying the tragic heroine on screen.
Experienced and respected actors like Stellan Skarsgard, Lesley Manville and Natascha McElhone will star in the film too. Ed Westwick from 'Gossip Girl' plays the part of Tybault. Set for release in February 2013, the Romeo and Juliet new movie is one you shouldn't miss. It is the perfect movie to take your date to.
William Shakespeare's play was first published in 1597. It was one of his earlier works, yet it has been one of the most enduring. He based it on an Italian story from earlier in the sixteenth century and kept the setting in Italy.
The play tells the tale of two families in Verona, a city in northern Italy. The Montagues and Capulets have been adversaries for years. One night Romeo, a Montague, sneaks into a ball held by the Capulets. There he meets Juliet. It is love at first sight for both. Knowing that their families will never approve of their union, they secretly go to a priest the next day and get married.
Meanwhile Juliet's cousin Tybalt is outraged at the way Romeo sneaked into the ball and challenges him to a duel. Romeo's friend Mercutio fights on his behalf and is killed. The grief-stricken hero then kills Tybalt, which leads to him being exiled from Verona.
The Capulet family decides to marry Juliet off to someone else, oblivious of the fact that she's already married a Montague. Desperate to escape this fate, she asks the priest to help her. He provides her with a drug that will put her into a deep sleep, simulating death for a while. A message is sent to the hero but doesn't reach him. The hero hears that his wife has 'died' and he travels to the crypt where her body is being kept. There he kills himself by drinking poison. His bride wakes up and finds him dead, so she grabs his dagger and kills herself too.
Since the earliest years of the film industry, there have been various big-screen adaptations of the tragic story. Several films used it as part of the plot or have been loosely based on it too. A respected director from Italy, Carlo Carlei, directed the latest movie version.
The cast includes Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld as the title characters. Booth is a British actor and model who beat three hundred other actors in getting the part. He follows in the footsteps of Leonardo DiCaprio, who played the role in the last significant film version of the story, directed by Baz Luhrman. Steinfeld is especially known for her Oscar-nominated part in 'True Grit' and will join notable actresses like Norma Shearer, Olivia Hussey and Claire Danes in portraying the tragic heroine on screen.
Experienced and respected actors like Stellan Skarsgard, Lesley Manville and Natascha McElhone will star in the film too. Ed Westwick from 'Gossip Girl' plays the part of Tybault. Set for release in February 2013, the Romeo and Juliet new movie is one you shouldn't miss. It is the perfect movie to take your date to.
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