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    to keep the movie as close to the book or play, changes have to be made. One great example of this is Catching Fire and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. (Collins, Lawrence). A major chunk of the book is left out in the movie. This change was probably made to keep the movie from being four hours long. This change causes some crucial details from the book to be left out of the movie. Many other books and movies have differences. Some differences between Romeo and Juliet and Romeo+Juliet were the time

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    Romeo and Juliet is perhaps one of the most well known plays ever written. Shakespeare wrote many play about love and lust ,but romeo and Juliet has to be the most famous. There are many different movies reenacting Romeo and Juliet. Some of the best movies are the “1996”, “1968” ,and “2014”. The movie producers all put their own twist and turns into the movies. They all share many similarities ,and they also share many differences as well. And that is what really makes all of these different movies

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    watched in the lesson is Romeo + Juliet, which is an adaptation to the story of a star-crossed lovers - Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. The play was originally written in the 16th century, and the film has strictly followed the dialogues and the language style at that time, by using Early Modern English. It is an important decision. Some may argue the audiences, especially the non-native English speaker, may not fully understand the conversation in the movie because of the discrepancies

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    ENG2D1-21 9 May 2016 Movie Comparison Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s well-written tragic plays. There are numerous movies that are the reenacted version of this play. Out of all, the most prominent are, Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet released in the year 1968, and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet released in the year 1996. The one that best catches the actual meaning of Shakespeare’s play for a present day viewer is Baz Luhrmann’s version of the reenactment. To make his movie look modern he

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    Romeo and Juliet is a true lovers’ tragedy, an epic masterpiece written by William Shakespeare in the peak of his creativity. It bears the existential dilemma of how to chase true love when all the odds are undeniably stacked against the seeker. The original play, first published in 1597, features the troubled paths of two star crossed lovers whose families despise each other with passion in deep extents. Over the centuries, there have been many interpretations of this play in various forms ranging

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    Romeo and Juliet is a true lover’s tragedy, an epic masterpiece written by William Shakespeare in the peak of his creativity. It bears the existential dilemma of how to chase true love when all the odds are undeniably stacked against the seeker. The original play, first published in 1597, features the troubled paths of two star crossed lovers whose families despise each other with passion to deep extents. Over the centuries, there have been many interpretations of this play in various forms ranging

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    Romeo and Juliet is a timeless story about two ill-fated lovers. Originally written by, Shakespeare, this story has been adapted by different directors who all commonly try to add their own unique twist to it. Two of the most prevalent adaptations of Romeo and Juliet have been done by Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann, who have taken this love story to the big screen. Franco Zeffirelli’s movie, which was produced in 1968, is extremely authentic and stays true to Shakespeare's vision, whereas, Baz

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    In Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, is a traditional adaptation of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet, with some variations. Baz Luhrmann directed the 1996 version, also known as the MTV Romeo † Juliet. This version is very modernized, but keeps the language intact with few changes. There are many differences between Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and the Signet version of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo’s entire speech that begins “Alas that love, whose view is muffled still, Should

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    Nicholas Ray was inspired by play Romeo and Juliet when directing Rebel Without a Cause because of the plot and the theme of the main characters struggling to find who they truly are. The two pairs of characters grew up in a troublesome environment where their family was completely out of touch with their concerns. Furthermore, both pieces portray the life of juvenile delinquency resulting from the undeniable desire to form an unconventional "family" of their own. The opening credits foreshadow the

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    different aspects of each Romeo and Juliet movie that made all three versions equally different, exciting, and heartbreaking. First off, in the Zeffirelli version, the producers did a wonderful job of setting the movie to really reflects how Shakespeare wrote his play. For example, the movie was set in Verona during the Elizabethan Era, and the clothing and way of speaking to one another fully represented the old times. Also the casting for this movie was excellent, Olivia Hussey (Juliet) was very cute and

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