What Was The Difference In The 1996 Movie Romeo And Juliet And William Shakespeares Play?
The 1996 film William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann was a modern day adaptation of the original play by William Shakespeare. It starred Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film differed in a number of respects with the original. The castles and manors of Verona were replaced by the skyscrapers of the modern age. The location of the story is also Verona beach a fictional location. Instead of the knives and swords used in the original the weapons of choice for this film were guns that were named in terms of swords and daggers. Some of the plot differed as well with the initial fight between the families is provoked by the Montagues instead of the other way around. The character of Count Paris does not die in the movie. Additionally Juliet gets a few seconds to talk to Romeo before the poison affects him at the end.
