What is Romeo + Juliet?
{{italictitle}} See also the play by [[William Shakespeare]], [[Romeo and Juliet]] {{Infobox Movie | name = Romeo + Juliet | image = | caption = Theatrical poster for ''William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet' | director = [[Baz Luhrmann]] | writer = [[William Shakespeare]] (''Play'')<br />[[Craig Pearce]] (''Screenplay'')<br />[[Baz Luhrmann]] (''Screenplay'') | starring = [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]<br />[[Claire Danes]]<br />[[John Leguizamo]]<br />[[Harold Perrineau]]<br />[[Pete Postlethwaite]]<br />[[Paul Sorvino]]<br />[[Brian Dennehy]]<br />[[Paul Rudd]]<br />[[Vondie Curtis-Hall]]<br />[[Miriam Margolyes]]<br />[[Jesse Bradford]]<br />[[Dash Mihok]] | producer = [[Baz Luhrmann]]<br />[[Gabriella Martinelli]] | music = [[Nellee Hooper]]<br />(''Composer'')<br />[[Craig Armstrong (composer)|Craig Armstrong]]<br />(''Composer'')<br />(''Orchestrator'')<br />(''Conductor'')<br />[[Marius De Vries]]<br />(''Composer'') | cinematography = [[Donald McAlpine]] | editing = [[Jill Bilcock]] | distributor = [[20th Century Fox]] | released = November 1, 1996 | runtime = 120 [[minute]]s | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]14,500,000 ([[estimate]]d) }} '''''William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet''''' is an [[Academy Award]] nominated [[1996 in movies|1996]] [[United States|American]] [[movie]] [[adaptation]] of [[William Shakespeare]]'s romantic [[tragedy]] ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Australian]] [[Baz Luhrmann]] and stars [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and [[Claire Danes]] in the title roles. The movie is a version of Shakespeare's play designed to appeal to a younger modern audience. It is set in present-day fictional Verona Beach, [[Florida]], but uses the style of language from the original novel. The fighting families (the [[Montagues]] and the [[Capulets]]) are represented as competing [[business]] empires, swords are replaced by guns etc. Despite t