Product: Romeo and Juliet [Region 2] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
Version Which Will Stand The Test of Time
No film version of Shakespeare's famous play will ever top Franco Zeffirelli's production of ROMEO & JULIET. The scenery, settings,Nino Rota's musical score, supporting cast, costumes, and action scenes are wonderful. At last the lead characters were played by people of the correct ages...just a bit older than those in Shakespeare's play. Olivia Hussey (age 16) gives a magical performance as Juliet. LEONARD WHITING (age 17) by a wide, wide margin steals the show with his performance as Romeo. Delivery of his lines, his looks, performance in action scenes, acting ability (role required a wide range of emotions), facial expressions, and everything about his performance is absolute perfection. LEONARD WHITING owns the role of Romeo. The film should have won the 1968 academy award for picture of the year. LEONARD WHITING should have been nominated and should have won the 1968 academy award for actor of the year. No other performance(male or female) in any 1968 movie was even in his league.