Romeo And Juliet on Screen
william Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet
Who could forget Baz Luhrmann’s edgy 1996 take on the star-crossed lovers? It catapulted a baby-faced Leonardo DiCaprio into the limelight and onto the bedroom walls of millions of teenage girls.
Romeo Must Die
Romeo Must Die tackled tension between a Chinese and an African American family. The film, starring Jet Li and Aaliyah, was panned, but the soundtrack was a hit, thrusting Aaliyah’s Try
Again into No 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
Shakespeare in Love
The fictional tale of Shakespeare struggling to pen Romeo And Juliet won several Oscars in 1999. The film featured a raft of future heavyweights, too, including Judi Dench, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Ben Affleck and Colin Firth.
Gnomeo And Juliet
The 2011 3D computeranimated fantasy takes place in the world of garden gnomes, amid a lawnmower race and an acceptable Disney-friendly ending. The Bard probably never imagined his play getting a makeover like this one.