A time for us [Romeo and Juliet 1968]

 

Barratt Waugh

Nino Rota

 

Directed by	Franco Zeffirelli
Produced by	John Brabourne Anthony Havelock-Allan
Screenplay by	Franco Brusati Masolino D'Amico Franco Zeffirelli
Based on	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Starring	Leonard Whiting Olivia Hussey Milo O'Shea Pat Heywood John McEnery Robert Stephens Michael York Bruce Robinson
Narrated by	Laurence Olivier
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	Pasqualino De Santis
Editing by	Reginald Mills
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	October 8, 1968 (1968-10-08)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	United Kingdom Italy
Language	English
Budget	$850,000[1]
Box office	$38,901,218[2]

Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian romance film based on the tragic play of the same name (1591–95) by William Shakespeare.

The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and starred Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Pasqualino De Santis) and Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati); it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture. Laurence Olivier spoke the film's prologue and epilogue and reportedly dubbed the voice of the Italian actor playing Lord Montague, but was not credited in the film.

Being the most financially successful film of a Shakespeare play during that time, it was popular among teenagers partly because the film used actors who were close to the age of the characters from the original play for the first time. Several critics also welcomed the film enthusiastically