Script+of+Differences


 * //DIFFERENCES //**

Luhrman’s Version · Modern time and setting · The Montague’s and Capulet’s friends and families fought at a gasoline station · The two families used guns in the feuding · Romeo is affected because Rosaline, the girl who he is supposedly dating, won’t have sex with him · Before going to the party, Romeo had consumed drugs · Romeo’s best friend, Mercutio, is black · The Capulet’s hosted a Halloween party <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Romeo and Juliet saw each other across a fish tank
 * Luhrman’s version is interesting and fresh

<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: 'Script MT Bold'; font-size: 36pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Zeffirelli’s Version <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Old time, setting, and garments <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Montague’s and Capulet’s fought at Verona Street and were stopped by a prince <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Montague’s and Capulet’s feuding included swords <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Capulet’s party is a masquerade <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Nurse plays a bigger role (tells dirtiest jokes) in Zeffirelli’s movie
 * Zeffirelli’s version is realistic and it acclimatizes to Shakespeare’s play

<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The movie takes place in New York on 1961 <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In West Side Story, Romeo and Juliet have different names, Tony and Maria <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The two families have different names; the Capulet’s are the Sharks and the Jets are the Montague’s <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Sharks are Puerto Ricans <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The feuding between the two families was interpreted by dancing <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In this movie, Paris is called Chino <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This version does not have Shakespeare’s lines, but rather the modern interpretation of today’s language <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bernardo is Maria’s brother and father figure, besides being the Shark leader <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bernardo wants Juliet to marry Chino <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Juliet’s nurse is her best friend and is dating her brother <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Jets want to go to the party to challenge the Capulets <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tony’s cousin convinced him of going to the party <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tony expresses his deep love towards Maria with a song from his heart <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'AR CENA'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The two gangs will meet at the Candy Store at 12 midnight to fight
 * <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'AR CARTER'; font-size: 48pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.0pt;">West Side Story Version **
 * This movie interprets Shakespeare’s words with dance