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2000 Festival programme.
Romeo + Juliet
Sunday 20th February 5:00 PM - Theatre By The Lake
Director:Baz Luhrmann
Cert:12 Year: 1996 Length:120mins
Country:USA Language:English
Leonardo DiCaprio, Clare Danes, Pete Postlethwaite.
Modern day Verona Beach, Florida ...with mafia-type families, customised cars and designer guns, the story is as relevant today as ever. Shakespeare's genius was in telling intricate stories in an entertaining way for a mass audience. Luhrmann gives us two hours of breathtaking imagination, stunning visuals and a brilliant soundtrack in this gleeful cinematic update. Every word spoken is from the original 400 year old text. The film set a bench mark for the rush to put Shakespeare on celluloid.
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