William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is an Academy Award nominated 1996 American film adaptation of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Australian Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the eponymous roles.

The film is a very drastic modernization of Shakespeare's play designed to appeal to a younger modern audience. The warring families (the Montagues and the Capulets) are represented as warring business empires and swords are replaced by guns. Despite the adaptation, the film retains Shakespeare's original dialogue, albeit edited down for modern cinema audiences.

Romeo-Juliet is the title of a 1990 film version of William Shakespeare's classic play Romeo and Juliet. It was made by American producer and director Armando Acosta, using the feral cats of Venice, New York, and Ghent as actors, with the voices dubbed by some of the greats of the English theatre. The film was made as a filmed concert. The score of the film included music from Serge Prokofiev's and Emanuel Verdi's music for Romeo and Juliet, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under conductors Barry Wordsworth and Andre Previn.

The story of this film revolves around an eccentric bag lady (played by John Hurt) who takes the cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world.

The film is described as having been difficult to produce, requiring over 200 hours of footage of the feline cast to assemble the images for the final film. It is also remarkable for being one of the few major releases in which several members of the production team gave up their salaries to produce the film. http://film.guardian.co.uk/Guardian_NFT/interview/0,4479,214857,00.html#article_continue It has not been re-released for the home video market. This lack of availability, which has been described as making it "more rare than the dinosaur". http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A391WEZRT6OR6O This lack of availability has made it a sought-after item in some circles.

Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. The gun-toting members of the families wage a vicious war on the streets as the star-crossed lovers, their tragic destiny. Written by Alexander Lum

Classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. But although it is set in modern times, it is still the same timeless story of the "star crossed lovers". Written by Anonymous