pros
1. The acting is very good.
2. The scenery and cinematography is very beautiful and lush
3. It broke with earlier versions of the play by casting teenaged actors in the lead roles. This is a positive thing which influenced all successive productions both on stage and on screen.
4. As compared with the 1996 movie, some watchers find it difficult to reconcile an actor in modern dress with saying Shakespeare's lines. It seems to work better for them to have costumes which suggest some distant past.
cons
1. Nudity. You can see some bare bottoms and breasts, which offends some people.
2. Setting it in the fourteenth century or so can make it seem distant from the problems of young lovers today.
1968
You are probably talking about the 1968 movie, directed by Franco Zeffirei. Leonard Whiting played the role as Romeo. Olivia Hussey played the role of Juliet.
I read somewhere it was the 1968 version. The one with Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey.
HE IS JULIET'S COUSIN
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Olivia Hussey
1968
You are probably talking about the 1968 movie, directed by Franco Zeffirei. Leonard Whiting played the role as Romeo. Olivia Hussey played the role of Juliet.
I read somewhere it was the 1968 version. The one with Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey.
HE IS JULIET'S COUSIN
In the 1968 movie "Romeo and Juliet", the part of Mercutio was played by John McEnery, who was fairly tall and thin.
The song which was the main love theme from Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet was known at the time as "What is a Youth" and nowadays is more usually called "A Time for Us"
Romeo and Juliet won the Oscar for Cinematography in 1968.
She is an actress famous for being juliet in Romeo and Juliet the 1968 version directed by Franco Zeffirelli winning a golden globe. She is also known for her role as Mary in Jesus of Nazarath.
Franco Zeffirelli
Pat Heywood.
Yes, the 1968 version of "Romeo and Juliet" featuring Olivia Hussey is available on DVD. The film has been released in various editions by different distributors. You should be able to find it for purchase or rental on platforms like Amazon or through specialty retailers.