Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction; Won the Alfred Bauer Prize and Best Actor (DiCaprio) at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. To help you find more specific details,
A visceral, chaotic fight sequence following Mercutio's death, set against the backdrop of a storm-swept beach, leading to Romeo killing Tybalt.
Grossed over $147 million worldwide on a modest $14.5 million budget. index of romeo and juliet 1996
Act I: Gas Station Warfare and the Feast Invite (02:30 - 24:00)
The iconic pool sequence where Romeo and Juliet confess their love and resolve to marry. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art
Tybalt confronts Romeo on Verona Beach. Mercutio intervenes and is fatally wounded, uttering his famous curse: "A plague o' both your houses!" Romeo chases and kills Tybalt under a colossal statue of Jesus.
(The chaotic, aggressive energy of the Verona Beach youth) Act I: Gas Station Warfare and the Feast
The film is a modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. While it retains the original Shakespearean English dialogue, it transplants the setting to the fictional modern suburb of "Verona Beach."
Dave Paris asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand at a towering corporate skyscraper.
Primarily shot in Mexico City and Veracruz, Mexico. The iconic Capulet mansion was filmed at Chapultepec Castle.
Father Laurence gives Juliet a sleeping potion designed to make her mimic death for 24 hours, sending a courier to notify Romeo in the desert wastes of Mantua.