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Untitled[edit]

The image 105948.1020.A.jpg doesn't exist. Hoverfish 18:11, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Balcony kiss?[edit]

What exactly is the "speculation?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.194.16.131 (talk) 10:15, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was added by User:87.242.152.160 with no explanation. I'm removing it because it makes no sense. --Afed 16:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Scarborough Fair[edit]

I have a strong feeling that in the banquet/celebration scene that Romeo and Mercutio secreted themselves into, that there was a beautiful version of Scarborough Fair sung by a girl on dais in Chamber style... could a Wikikin please check and add it to this article if true?
Namaste in Agape
Walking my talk in Beauty
B9 hummingbird hovering^{(talk • contribs)} 11:08, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you're talking about the bit where the crowd forms a circle and a guy, Glen Weston, stands in the middle and sings What is a Youth, love theme from Romeo & Juliet. Only in general sentiment is it close to Scarborough Fair. Also keep in mind that the composer, Nino Rota, was writing music for theatrical versions of Shakespeare's plays in the '60s, and his original composition for Romeo & Juliet dates back to 1960 with the theatrical project also for Zeffirelli. Although he studied and was passionate for renaissance music, it's likely it predated an influence by Simon & Garfunkel's resurgence of the SF. 04:04, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, What Is A Youth is the song being song and it is available on iTunes for those interested. That's the tune that was used as the basis for the pop song A Time For Us (Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet) that was a hit for Andy Williams. I like the version from the film much better and it only superficially resembles Scarborough Fair mostly due to tempo and instrumentation.LiPollis (talk) 18:03, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia Section[edit]

I'm removing this trivia section - everything it says is utter nonsense and not important enough to be mentioned here.

DarthSidious 11:12, 4 October 2007 (UTC)DarthSidious[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:RomeoAndJuliet17.jpg[edit]

Image:RomeoAndJuliet17.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 09:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Plot Section too long[edit]

The plot section seems unnecessarily long compared to other movie articles here. 24.6.160.190 (talk) 03:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Waaaaaaaaay too long, and full of unnecessary commentary. 64.132.218.4 (talk) 23:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia section Problems?[edit]

There is omethiong seriously wrong with the trivia section; all the stuff in it is refering to Romeo + Juliet the 1996 version of this movie... 3L3CTRIC 33L (talk) 00:37, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Theme song[edit]

I was looking up the theme song and got redirected to a totally irrelevant article. For this reason, I want to recommend the theme song get its own article and the title become a disambiguation page, not a redirect.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:30, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And if someone knows about templates, the new article's title would be A Time for Us (song).Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:31, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article[edit]

It needs something about reception - critical and box office.

Also that stuff on the music is too much for the opening section. -- Beardo (talk) 13:11, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Age of Olivia Hussey[edit]

Wasn't she 17 during the production of the film and not 15 as stated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wideheadofknowledge (talk • contribs) 02:52, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In her words, as reported here, she was "going on 16" during auditions. --Avenue (talk) 04:47, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, she wasn't legally allowed to attend the London premiere of the film because she was under 18 and the film contained a nude scene, even though she was the one who was nude.^[1] - M0rphzone (talk) 01:17, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sound[edit]

It would be nice if someone with real knowledge would add a discussion of the movie's sound to the "Production" section. I've always had the impression that all the dialogue was looped, which, though uncommon for English-language cinema, was, I have heard (in Jean-Jacques Annaud's commentary track on the DVD of The Name of the Rose?), quite common in Italian cinema. — President Lethe (talk) 02:30, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I now notice there is a brief bit of non-looped-sounding dialogue in the scene early in the movie in which Juliet and her mother are talking about whether the latter is old enough for marriage. — President Lethe (talk) 16:44, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Romeo and juliet[edit]

what information does the prologue give in the movie of Romeo and Juliet in 1968? how would you describe Romeo at this stage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.23.144 (talk) 06:56, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Controversial Rating Distinctions[edit]

I have a large problem with this sentence: "Olivia Hussey was 15 during the making of the film, therefore, according to the American rating system was banned from viewing her own film in the U.S. So, technically part of the urban myth is true, see here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtJJ0Ex5wk8" I say this because while the video itself claims that she was unable to legally see her own film, there is, to my knowledge, no law saying that children can't see nudity in a theater, unless this has changed since the '60s. In addition, there is no "American rating system." The MPAA, for example, is completely voluntary, and this film would not be considered obscene via the Miller Test. I will remove this sentence, as it does not satisfy the burden of proof. I assume that the documentary, like many others foreign and domestic, conflated a voluntary rating system with a legal one, or confused the United States with another country, like the UK, which also had a premiere. 71.227.7.35 (talk) 00:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Age of the actors[edit]

There is a bit of edit-warring going on regarding the age of the actors during filming. Someone is insisting Whiting was 18 and Hussey was 17, but they did not reach these ages until after the film was released. There is some doubt as to when the filming of the nude scene took place. The lawsuit states in was December 1968, which is wrong (the film was released in March 1968). The AP says that "Olivia Hussey, then 15 and now 71, and Leonard Whiting, then 16 now 72" implies the filming took place before April 1967. Those ages appear in the lawsuit as well. "The Romeo and Juliet 1968 Movie Database" indicates the filming began in the summer of 1967, but this site should not be considered fully "reliable," especially as it contradicts the AP. Consequently, we should present the actors claim as such, and not indicate their ages at the time of filming as fact in Wikipedia's voice. GreatCaesarsGhost 14:00, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally should there not be a discussion on if this was even legal at the time ? The BBC recently published a piece explaining how this could be C**d porn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.168.97.78 (talk) 16:49, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean a discussion in the article, no; and for the reasons I stated above. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires inline citations for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and we do not have quality sources that suggest a crime occurred. What has been happening in the article is a false synthesis, where editors are trying to guess the ages and then guess if therefore a crime took place. That is a violation of policy. We can and should note the accusations, but assign them to the voice of the accusers (and not WP). GreatCaesarsGhost 13:02, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]