Romeo and Juliet

A violent feud between two families in Verona escalates, but despite their opposing backgrounds, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly marry with the help of Friar Laurence, leading to their tragic deaths with the families mourning them together. Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 English-language Drama Romance film featuring Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, Milo O shea, Michael York, John Mcenery, Natasha Parry and Paola Tedesco. The movie is based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. BHE Films in association with Verona Produzione and Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) John Brabourne and Anthony Havelock-allan. Romeo and Juliet is written by William Shakespeare, Franco Brusati, Masolino D amico and Franco Zeffirelli and it is directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Romeo and Juliet was released on 5th March 1968 and takes a screen time of 138 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Romeo and Juliet was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $1 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Franco Brusati, Masolino D Amico and Franco Zeffirelli. Cinematography was done by Pasqualino De Santis and editing by Reginald Mills. The music was composed by Nino Rota. At the 1969 Oscar Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design.