A time for us [Romeo and Juliet 1968]
Barratt Waugh
Nino Rota
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Directed by | Franco Zeffirelli |
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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 | |
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