ROMEO AND JULIET | “Balcony“ Clip | Paramount Movies

Now on Blu-ray™, DVD & Digital Get it now: Director Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was touted at the time of its release (successfully, if the box-office receipts are any indication), as something of a “youth trip“ movie. This is because Zeffirelli broke the long-standing tradition of casting over-aged, sometimes grey-haired players in the title roles. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting plays Romeo, with 15-year-old Olivia Hussey as Juliet. The youthfulness and inexperience of the leading players works beautifully in the more passionate sequences (some of these breaking further ground by being played in the nude). Among the younger players are Michael York as Tybalt and John McEnery as Mercutio. The duel between Romeo and Tybalt starts out as a harmless, frat-boy exchange of insults, then escalates into tragedy before any of the participants are fully aware of what has happened. Photographed by Pasqualino DeSantis on various locations in Italy, Romeo and Juliet was one of the most profitable film adaptations of Shakespeare ever produced. Its most lasting legacy is its popular main theme music, composed by Nino Rota. Featuring: Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Milo O’Shea, Michael York, John McEnery, Pat Heywood, Natasha Parry, Robert Stephens, Keith Skinner, Richard Warwick Subscribe To Paramount Movies: Connect with PARAMOUNT MOVIES online: Visit PARAMOUNT MOVIES on our WEBSITE: Like PARAMOUNT MOVIES on FACEBOOK: Follow PARAMOUNT MOVIES on TWITTER: Follow PARAMOUNT MOVIES on INSTAGRAM: #RomeoAndJuliet #Shakespeare #ParamountMovies Welcome to the Paramount Movies Channel official YouTube destination for Blu-ray & Digital releases! See trailers, exclusive clips and videos of our movies, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Top Gun, A Quiet Place, Transformers, Star Trek, Forrest Gump, Mission: Impossible, and many more! ROMEO AND JULIET | “Balcony“ Clip | Paramount Movies