Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
Special features: theatrical trailer.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare, which was based on an Italian tale translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.
Music, Nino Rota ; editor, Reginald Mills ; production designer, Renzo Mongiardino ; costume designer, Danilo Donati ; fight arranger, Nicoló Perno ; choreographer, Alberto Testa ; "What Is a Youth?" composed by Nino Rota, lyrics by Eugene Walter, sung by Glenn Weston.
Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood, Robert Stephens, Michael York, Bruce Robinson, Paul Hardwick, Natasha Parry, Antonio Pierfederici, Esmeralda Ruspoli, Roberto Bisacco, Ron Holder, Keith Skinner, Dyson Lovell, Richard Warwick, Roberto Antonelli, Carlo Palmucci, Bruno Filippini (uncredited actor portraying Leonardo, who sings "What is a Youth?") ; prologue, epilogue, and the dubbed voice of Italian Antonio Pierfederici (Lord Montague) by Laurence Olivier (uncredited).
DVD; NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital or English mono.; widescreen enhanced for 16x9.
Closed-captioned; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Pasqualino De Santis) and Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati), 1968.
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