Editing Romeo and Juliet (section)

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''Romeo and Juliet'' may be the most-filmed play of all time.{{sfn|Brode|2001|p=42}} The most notable theatrical releases were [[George Cukor]]'s multi-[[Academy Award|Oscar]]-nominated [[Romeo and Juliet (1936 film)|1936 production]], [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s [[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|1968 version]], and [[Baz Luhrmann]]'s 1996 MTV-inspired ''[[William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet|Romeo + Juliet]]''. The latter two were both, in their time, the highest-grossing Shakespeare film ever.{{sfn|Rosenthal|2007|p=225}} ''Romeo and Juliet'' was first filmed in the silent era, by [[Georges Méliès]], although his film is now lost.{{sfn|Brode|2001|p=42}} The play was first heard on film in ''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]'', in which [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]] recited the balcony scene opposite [[Norma Shearer]].{{sfn|Brode|2001|p=43}}

[[File:Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer as Romeo and Juliet.jpg|thumb|Leslie Howard as Romeo and Norma Shearer as Juliet, in the 1936 MGM film directed by [[George Cukor]]]]
Shearer and [[Leslie Howard]], with a combined age over 75, played the teenage lovers in [[George Cukor]]'s [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] [[Romeo and Juliet (1936 film)|1936 film version]]. Neither critics nor the public responded enthusiastically. Cinema-goers considered the film too "arty", staying away as they had from Warner's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' a year before: leading to Hollywood abandoning the Bard for over a decade.{{sfn|Brode|2001|p=48}} [[Renato Castellani]] won the ''[[Golden Lion#Golden Lion|Grand Prix]]'' at the [[Venice Film Festival]] for his [[Romeo and Juliet (1954 film)|1954 film of ''Romeo and Juliet'']].{{sfn|Tatspaugh|2000|p=138}} His Romeo, [[Laurence Harvey]], was already an experienced screen actor.{{sfn|Brode|2001|pp=48–49}} By contrast, [[Susan Shentall]], as Juliet, was a secretarial student who was discovered by the director in a London pub and was cast for her "pale sweet skin and honey-blonde hair".{{sfn|Brode|2001|p=51}}{{efn|Brode quotes [[Renato Castellani]].}}

Stephen Orgel describes [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s [[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|1968 ''Romeo and Juliet'']] as being "full of beautiful young people, and the camera and the lush technicolour make the most of their sexual energy and good looks".{{sfn|Orgel|2007|p=91}} Zeffirelli's teenage leads, [[Leonard Whiting]] and [[Olivia Hussey]], had virtually no previous acting experience but performed capably and with great maturity.{{sfn|Brode|2001|pp=51–25}}{{sfn|Rosenthal|2007|p=218}} Zeffirelli has been particularly praised{{efn|Brode cites Anthony West of [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] and [[Mollie Panter-Downes]] of [[The New Yorker]] as examples.{{sfn|Brode|2001|pp=51–53}}}} for his presentation of the duel scene as bravado getting out-of-control.{{sfn|Brode|2001|p=53}} The film courted controversy by including a nude wedding-night scene<ref>''Romeo and Juliet'', III.v.</ref> while Olivia Hussey was only fifteen.{{sfn|Rosenthal|2007|pp=218–20}}

[[Baz Luhrmann]]'s 1996 ''[[Romeo + Juliet]]'' and its [[Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)|accompanying soundtrack]] successfully targeted the "[[MTV Generation]]": a young audience of similar age to the story's characters.{{sfn|Tatspaugh|2000|p=140}} Far darker than Zeffirelli's version, the film is set in the "crass, violent and superficial society" of Verona Beach and Sycamore Grove.{{sfn|Tatspaugh|2000|p=142}} [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] was Romeo and [[Claire Danes]] was Juliet.

The play has been widely adapted for TV and film. In 1960, [[Peter Ustinov]]'s [[cold-war]] stage parody, ''[[Romanoff and Juliet (1961 film)|Romanoff and Juliet]]'' was filmed.{{sfn|Howard|2000|p=297}} The 1961 film ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]''—set among New York gangs—featured the Jets as white youths, equivalent to Shakespeare's Montagues, while the Sharks, equivalent to the Capulets, are Puerto Rican.{{sfn|Rosenthal|2007|pp=215–16}} In 2006, Disney's ''[[High School Musical]]'' made use of ''Romeo and Juliet''{{'s}} plot, placing the two young lovers in different high-school cliques instead of feuding families.{{sfn|Symonds|2017|p=172}} Film-makers have frequently featured characters performing scenes from ''Romeo and Juliet''.{{sfn|McKernan|Terris|1994|pp=141–56}}{{efn|McKernan and Terris list 39 instances of uses of ''Romeo and Juliet'', not including films of the play itself.}} The [[conceit]] of dramatising Shakespeare writing ''Romeo and Juliet'' has been used several times,{{sfn|Lanier|2007|p=96}}{{sfn|McKernan|Terris|1994|p=146}} including [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]]'s 1998 ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'', in which Shakespeare writes the play against the backdrop of his own doomed love affair.{{sfn|Howard|2000|p=310}}{{sfn|Rosenthal|2007|p=228}} An [[anime series]] produced by [[Gonzo (company)|Gonzo]] and [[SKY Perfect Well Think]], called ''[[Romeo x Juliet]]'', was made in 2007 and the [[Romeo and Juliet (2013 film)|2013 version]] is the latest English-language film based on the play. In 2013, [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]] directed the Bollywood film ''[[Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela]]'', a contemporary version of the play which starred [[Ranveer Singh]] and [[Deepika Padukone]] in leading roles. The film was a commercial and critical success.{{sfn|Goyal|2013}}{{sfn|International Business Times|2013}} In February 2014, [[BroadwayHD]] released a filmed version of the [[Romeo and Juliet (2013 Broadway play)|2013 Broadway Revival]] of ''Romeo and Juliet''. The production starred [[Orlando Bloom]] and [[Condola Rashad]].{{sfn|Lee|2014}}