
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio
Romeo

Claire Danes
Juliet

Jesse Bradford
Balthasar

Vondie Curtis-Hall
Captain Prince

Brian Dennehy
Ted Montague

John Leguizamo
Tybalt

Miriam Margolyes
Nurse

Harold Perrineau
Mercutio

Christina Pickles
Caroline Montague

Pete Postlethwaite
Father Laurence

Paul Rudd
Dave Paris

Paul Sorvino
Fulgencio Capulet

Diane Venora
Gloria Capulet

M. Emmet Walsh
Apothecary
Edwina Moore
Anchorwoman

Zak Orth
Gregory

Jamie Kennedy
Sampson

Dash Mihok
Benvolio
Lupita Ochoa
Attractive Girl
Gloria Silva
Nun

Vincent Laresca
Abra
Carlos Manzo
Petrucchio
Carolyn Valero
Middle Aged Occupant

Paco Morayta
Middle Aged Occupant
Rodrigo Escandon
Kid With Toy Gun
Margarita Wynne
Station Mother

Harriet Sansom Harris
Susan Santandiago

Michael Corbett
Rich Ranchidis

Pedro Altamirano
Peter

Mario Cimarro
Capulet Bouncer
Des'ree
Diva
Ismael Eguiarte
O P Officer
Ricardo Barona
Altar Boy
Fausto Barona
Altar Boy
Quindon Tarver
Choir Boy
Alex Newman
Altar Boy 2
Cory Newman
Altar Boy 2

Jorge Abraham
Post Haste Delivery Man
John Sterlini
Sacristan

Farnesio de Bernal
Undertaker
Catalina Botello
Post Haste Clerk
Crew

Baz Luhrmann
Director, Screenplay, Producer

William Shakespeare
Author

Craig Pearce
Screenplay

Jill Bilcock
Editor, Associate Producer

Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Dennis McNeill
Color Timer
Miguel Lima
First Assistant Director
Miguel Gil
First Assistant Director
Martin Walters
First Assistant Director

Everardo Gout
Second Assistant Director
Harry Jarvis
Second Assistant Director
Efren del Moral
Second Assistant Director
Monica Castellanos
Second Assistant Director
Grant Lucibello
Second Assistant Director
Gabriella Martinelli
Producer

Catherine Martin
Associate Producer, Production Design
Martin Brown
Co-Producer
Guillermo Rosas
Camera Operator
Patrick McArdle
First Assistant Camera
Ernesto Serrano
Dolly Grip

Ronna Kress
Casting Associate
David Rubin
Casting
Jorge Guerrero
Extras Casting
Adolfo Ramírez
Costume Supervisor
Mario Davignon
Costume Supervisor

Kym Barrett
Costume Design

Michael Wilkinson
Costume Assistant
Maurizio Silvi
Key Makeup Artist
Alisarine Ducolomb
Art Department Coordinator
Gareth Vanderhope
Sound Designer
Ken Fischer
Sound Effects Editor
Tim Holland
Supervising Sound Editor
Jon Null
Assistant Sound Editor

Michael Semanick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Roger Savage
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rob Young
Sound Mixer

Gary Rizzo
Sound Mix Technician
Tony Sereno
Sound Mix Technician
Geoff Foster
Scoring Mixer
Mario Vaccaro
Foley Artist
Gerry Long
Foley Artist
Steve Burgess
Foley Recordist
Livia Ruzic
ADR Editor, Dialogue Editor
Hugh Waddell
ADR Editor
Laurencio Cordero
Special Effects Coordinator
Rebecca Marie
Visual Effects Supervisor

Nellee Hooper
Original Music Composer

Craig Armstrong
Original Music Composer

Marius de Vries
Original Music Composer
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Music Editor

Jonny Greenwood
Songs

Ed O'Brien
Songs

Philip Selway
Songs

Colin Greenwood
Songs

Thom Yorke
Songs
Carlos Ponce de León
Transportation Captain
Javier Gunther
Transportation Coordinator
Craig Carter
Dialogue Editor

Brigitte Broch
Set Decoration

Eugenio Caballero
Assistant Set Decoration
Merrick Morton
Still Photographer
Sydney Gilner
Script Supervisor
Lily Flaschner
Location Manager

Guy Bews
Stunts
Jason Glass
Stunts

Ken Kirzinger
Stunts
Tom Eirikson
Stunts

David Jacox
Stunts

Alex Green
Stunts

Ernie Jackson
Stunts

Corry Glass
Stunts

Tom Glass
Stunts
Jim Finkbeiner
Stunts

Jacob Rupp
Stunts

Brent Woolsey
Stunt Coordinator

Melissa R. Stubbs
Stunt Double
John O'Connell
Choreographer
Marc Corriveau
Property Master
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Robin Alan Knight
Key Grip
Steven R. Mathis
Gaffer
Michael Nelson
Production Manager
Héctor López Lechuga
Production Manager
Rachel Aberly
Unit Publicist
Doug Hardwick
Art Direction
Tristan M. Brighty
First Assistant Editor
Charles Taylor
Armorer
Ligia Ornelas
First Assistant Art Direction
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