Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1954) part 1 of 13

[SuperFlashDriver]

1996 version's pretty messed up. The 1968 and '55 versions are wwaayy better then the future.

[kopynd1]

thou shalt not lay loose with log

[MrJack8036]

Were Readinq The Script In my Theatre Class And I Cant Understand A Word Their Sayinq And Im In 8th Grade!!!

[PiecesOfRainbow7]

@MrJack8036 Stick with it. Once you get used to it, it gets easier. Also, reading it is one thing, seeing it done makes so much more sense :)

[PoniesFORpencils]

Team Montague.

[TheJayman213]

my english teacher says "fair verona" means fair as in just. but i'm sure it means beautiful.

[AnaGomez1994]

@TheJayman213 You are right. Tell him that in old english the correct word for fair was just, as in justice, while fair meant beautiful.

[stijnybe]

thumbs up ls je dit voor ckv moet kijken

[helysim]

@stijnybe

Hoeft niet :P

[TheShifter1001]

i like this version but it can use an hd remake

[travelplus1]

It would be funny if the DVD got f--- up so the teacher can't show it. 

[purelyflawless124]

i listen this because of the fucking english class i have QQ

[happygil45]

We are reading this play in English. how ironic that i find it on the computer.

[ritzstealer]

thank you for uploading this :-)

[Pharenheitz]

I wanna rape you, not you, but I, I wanna rape---- Hey, does anyone here want to see 'Anonymouse?!""""""" Help I've Left ona TRIOP I can't come off of.......

[armin3442]

SEX JOKES FTW! LOL

[cherryhugs463]

Im watching this for our role play haha :)

[Wretch33]

the 1996 version is much better

[loloymitchie]

Is this the original version of this movie?

[SabarStudios]

Tulsa's HOTTEST New Theatre!

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[MsGabyCamarillo]

I could be watching the 1996 version with leonardo but i like this version better because it seems more realistic to the time period shakespeare was in

[wishinandhopin14]

@MsGabyCamarillo same :)

[heywoodjerbloume]

I thought fellatio was a Shakespearean charactor untill I descovered Smirnoff.

[emilie54321]

wow im suprised my teacher didnt show this :P

[KendallSchmidtluver]

My mom's making me watch a bunch of plays :P well atleast they're entertaining

[7j8i9m]

If you think the 1996 version is better for kids, just a quick check. What you're basically saying is, because American schoolchildren are too dumb to read literature as the rest of the world does, they first need a movie, and then they need a movie that's dumbed down enough that their ADD won't cause them to zone out halfway through. Maybe that's part of the reason why American students are last among the world powers in learning.

[sparksthebeth]

my english teacher showed us the 68 version and the 96 version. he kept pausing every 45 seconds to explain what was going on :P some people just need to be in enriched 9th grade english but wilman is cool so iguess i can deal with it

[HellieRadkeRawr]

@sparksthebeth my english teacher did exactly the same last year. :|

[AMVShippu]

julet hot

[nicegrin22]

@AMVShippu ahhh, goin after them 1960's antique pussies heh?

[iGeTxSaVaGe2o8]

i had no idea ther was a 1954 version

[MinorThunder]

im the only person in my class tht actually LIKES this play

[MrJoshmeister]

@MinorThunder

It's AMAZING!

[Pahjx]

Why do the two Motagues at the beginning look like a pair of Romulans?

[U07110743]

The 1996 version looks lame

[chanchan1006]

i will bite my thumb at them!!!!

[bspluvze]

wheres the naked weapon part, "draw thy tool!" and the choler, collar, collier part..??

[lilmssaks]

@candy4725331 biting your thumb at someone was like giving them the finger

[candy4725331]

3:52 to 4:07 SUPRISE BUTT SEX!!!! XD haha and why is it bad if he bits his thumb?

[demented114]

@candy4725331 someone biting their thumb at someone back then is like giving the middle finger to someone today

[TheEarlBouchan]

@candy4725331 At the time of Shakespeare, it was considered a rude gesture. Like the middle finger for example. xD

[candy4725331]

@TheEarlBouchan >:) I'm gonna bite my fingure to my teachers MWAHAHAHA they wont even know i'm middle fingure

[analittlebird]

Hey guys! If you are free, please take a look at my "what is a youth" acapella version! I'll be very grateful! Thanks!!

[monkeylol202]

fuck gots a project on this niggas nd dont evenfucking nw whts the fuck to dolol:)

[ruthk9ramos]

I'm watching this for school, and so far it's helping!

[LadyClementoni]

Is it just me or is this text totally wrong?

[minimacca999]

@LadyClementoni pretty much yeah

[rees276]

I hated this play at college too .... but Ive always quite enjoyed the film versions for some reason

[Kendallg56]

i have to learn this play and i hate it...... i screamed in class...... :(

[TheExoticAnimal]

why cant life be like this any more!

[Bluebuthappy182]

@TheExoticAnimal Life is still like this, there are gangs, violence in the streets, under age sex and suicide pacts so it is still the same really

[Shadow10Girl]

I wuld of luv 2 the original play

and I'm 12...

[meri272]

@Shadow10Girl ME 2 AND IM 13....

[ajtreehugger]

lol best eva

[eiren368]

is this the real romeo and juliet by shakespeare

[Chthonian121]

@eiren368 Yes.

[eiren368]

@Chthonian121 woah nice thanks!

[xSpletz]

The video by StudioOAS in the video responses is HILARIOUS!!!! I think they are gonna be the next BIG THING!

[pennelia16]

Agh soooo annoying I've listened to the first 1:00 a zillion times

[Chthonian121]

@pennelia16 Lucky for you i had to memorize the entire thing for english class :(

[MTPumpkinpie]

@Chthonian121 me 2

[whatthefuck3212]

who plays romeo btw??????

[whatthefuck3212]

thnk you sooo much!

[j1hk2]

i liked the 1936 version the best!

[naihomy0757]

hey, i love this! could you tell me where i can find it? I'm doing a project for school and it's a FULL Romeo & Juliet binder i have to do. And thanks on advance ;)

[smwwe09]

I Have Seen The 1996 Version...And It Sucked...

[AlexisMcRutledge]

Umm. this is only suppost to be Tybalt and Mercutio in the first scene. Who are the rest of the clowns?

[knevinsvideo]

@AlexisMcRutledge in the first scene, the capulets and montagues battle, those "clowns" are the opposing families, Tybalt and Mercutio fight in this scence, but i the seen i think your talking about is wen Tybalt kills Mercutio and thn Romeo kills tybalt, that's not untill later

[watcherofvideos111]

this version is terrible. r&j is my favorite play, and i can't believe how much this version does not do it justice.

[MIKAFAN41]

Thanks for helping me study :D

[Xxnicoroxxx]

1968 version is the best

[ashlam10]

@Xxnicoroxxx i love the 1968 version this one is just a fail

[taylah43]

i love the 1996 verson with leonardo dicaprio ( he was hot when her was young)

[Belindagirl13]

i watched this version of romeo and juliet in my english class and it was just so beautiful. but there were so many kids in my clss that were so immature and laughed at the most cruel parts of the movie =.=

[rgasp12]

not to be rude....but why does romeo sound like he's talking in a sex voice?

[taikobooriginal]

I love this movie but is it wrong if I find it very ironic that it is in 13 parts? 13 = Tragedy, bad luck ect. xD

[Kaciily]

btw for the stupid people out there not to be mean but im just sayin that Shakespeare did not direct this movie that you should call the director a fagout if you dont like this movie and keep in mind that romeo and juliet were real people

[parafleet]

If you study Shakespeare too much, you will end up thinking a penis is a prectrel. You must beware to keep hold of your modern usages. Beware.

[DivionAyoungstar]

i stoped watching at 3:09 its boring

[elisei00]

Shakespeare was a faggot.

[sunnyfrost1]

@elisei00 how ?

[mirmiringbrooks]

@elisei00 If he was a cigarette, how did he write so many famous works?

[DivionAyoungstar]

@elisei00 thats so mean. but how was he a faggot?

[nomdesouris]

@DivionAyoungstar (1) Nothing wrong with being queer - lots of people are, and it's perfectly normal. A HUGE percentage of the great writers, artists and composers have been LGBTQ - like, most of Western Civilization and culture is down to "faggots" being awesome. (2) Shakespeare was, most likely, bisexual (although modern ideas about sexuality don't map all that well onto Elizabethan ideas). 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" was addressed to a guy, as were most of the love sonnets.

[catxgirlx34]

Who really cares what the people look like? x3 I like this one better then 1968. Its older and sexier x3

[Dandeflower]

just did this in english

i actually understand all this :)

[WasteMyTimeMakinVids]

1968 version is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better

[mungsan1]

so many ugly man

[WasteMyTimeMakinVids]

@mungsan1 1968 version of the movie all the guys are hot!!!!

[Eskimop16]

we're doing this for our first second college year performance applied with physical theatre and the 1980's background, this is just entertaining also helps with character profiles :]

[kinglaith7]

The prince's speech is all wrong... he's telling them to "throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground, and hear the sentence of your moved prince" when they have no weapons in their hands, and the ARE listening to him... he was supposed to give his little monologue DURING their fight. Actually, this whole movie sucked... they changed EVERYTHING. What gives them the right to change a masterwork?

[214lola214]

- I Lovee This Moviies Its One Bestest Ive Eveer Seeen !!! (:

[WasteMyTimeMakinVids]

@214lola214 1968 betterrrr

[214lola214]

@WasteMyTimeMakinVids ooo it is omg its thaat i just lovee that moviee but imma look for da one u said thankk u ! (:

[mancheromanchero]

ahhhhhh! Men in tights?!

[MegaAnimefan2000]

ummm

[MsSarjen]

Ah, men in tights :)

[MJgirl769]

i'm watching this for some assignment in my english class, thankies for posting the video ^_^

[EdenSwisa]

they shouldn't show the 1996 version in schools, it's more of a parody, i think....

trying to make a a lot of money out of a more modern version, or just be funny.... i can't belive schools take it seriously and actually show this version on english- it' doesnt fit in.... at least not everyone forgot the 1968 or 1954 versions XDDD

[aiwalk]

@EdenSwisa yea I know what u mean, accually this is the one out 112 class watched, dispite the fact I hate Shakephere I accually liked this movie.

[meghanlizadominique]

@EdenSwisa Our teacher showed us the 1996 version and I was so mad! I mean, during the balcony scene, Juliet wasn't even on her balcony!! The Balcony scene is the biggest thing in Shakespheare!!

[nomdesouris]

@meghanlizadominique It's really hard, as a director, to make people experience the text in fresh and meaningful ways, rather than through all the cliched preconceptions - Juliet on her balcony, Hamlet in black tights holding a skull etc etc. People tend to switch off, and not connect with the passion and the dirt-under-the-fingernails reality of it all. It's the WORDS, and the acting, that matter the most, not who stands where on the stage. This is about the human spirit, not architecture.

[meghanlizadominique]

@nomdesouris Well did you hear the script in the 1996 version? Supposedly they were the same as in the play but it was only partial. When my teacher said to follow along, I got so lost because they would skip scenes and then add some. Not trying to be picky or anything but I just think the 1996 version was really bad.

[nomdesouris]

@meghanlizadominique You'll very VERY rarely find any director does stage a production of a Shakespearean play without cutting it (Hamlet, uncut, runs to four hours, for example). That's normal. I don't think your teacher was particularly sensible to suggest you try to do a readalong whilst watching the film - WAY more sensible to just watch the film, and then refer back to it whilst you're reading the text. (This version takes way more liberties with the script than the 1996 version did.)

[meghanlizadominique]

@nomdesouris Yeah, I just watched the movie and went back to the play at home for homework. It took me longer to understand the movie than to understand what I was reading in the play.

[nomdesouris]

@EdenSwisa Granted, that version is quite stylised & MTVish visually, but the acting is excellent and whilst keeping to the original text he makes the meaning of the Elizabethan dialogue transparently clear and accessible to modern audiences. I think that's infinitely preferable to preserving Shakespeare's text in aspic and making it seem archaic and irrelevant; HE always had his actors perform in contemporary dress, with contemporary references and anachronisms, rather than being precious.

[nomdesouris]

@EdenSwisa Moreover, THIS version doesn't stick to Shakespeare's text in the slightest. Fair enough to cut the text - directors generally do - but this is also PACKED with random bits of modern English exposition right from the word go, and extra scenes, and extra bloodshed. Just because this is more pompous, with cut-glass English accents and actors clad in doublets and hose, doesn't give it extra brownie points for authenticity. It tells the plot effectively, but no better than the 1996 film.

[sabs82174]

@EdenSwisa I actually think it is a good idea. Because when I showed this version to my students, they were confused and resented the story all together. I think the modernization version speaks more towards this generation and gets them intrested in the story. And it tells the same story... :]

[MadisonHulsey]

@EdenSwisa Do you know where i can find the 1968 version online for free? I used to be able to find it on youtube but can't anymore.

[azncalvin3]

@EdenSwisa funny, i just finished watching it. now we're watching this one. i hated the other one.

[doggylover92]

@EdenSwisa The reason they show it is to compare them that's it.. I watched it back in the 9th grade.. The teacher merely showed it as a comparison and for fun as well

[MrArmadillo85]

@EdenSwisa My english teacher showed both the 1968 version and the 1996 version to show the differences. He wanted us to see how Shakesphere ( i spelled it wrong didn't i) anyways how Shakesphere can be played in different ways, because Shakesphere is tricky. And so he had us watch both, and now we're filming our own scenes. 

[elkhourya]

@EdenSwisa no many would argue upon that. Showing the modern day version of Romeo and Juliette can make the children understand it better, and relate with the movie more. I still think most are really good, but the 1996 movie is better in some aspects.

[In28WeTrust]

@EdenSwisa my teacher showed us both the 1996 and 1968 version

[MCGBO420]

@EdenSwisa the 96 versions a modern day version most likely made for a younger generation cuz younger people dont likethese types of movies

[deonabeyta]

@EdenSwisa no its just a surrealistic version.

[eccentrikchild]

Man. I like the old/classic/originals so much better then the new versions of things. We're watching the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliett in English, but it was weird because it was in modern times, yet they spoke Elizabethan English. Hopefully this one is more romantic? ;D

[Jellybeawesome]

if anyon doesnt know what "oh romeo oh romeo where art thou romeo" means heres the "easy" translate

It means: Oh Romeo Oh romeo Why is your name Romeo?" Well... thats what my drama teachter told me

[mizmystY]

ahh romeo and juliet love sets

[shazam15]

Ahahahaha. romeo's stupid red puffy shirt.

[crazygiselle1]

this is a oldy but a googdy

[GreekAsianPanda]

Haha! The outfits the Montagues are wearing are so funny!! XD

[MissLyalX]

Watching All Versions For School :L Greaaattt !

[XxOrangeKittenxX]

@MissLyalX same here!!

[Xquietgirlxify]

seems abit like he rushed through the prologue but overall a good film

[renareray]

i dont understand this

[Pressilia94]

wow people looked soo gay back then

[MsSelgfan]

@keithdawn2 u know....shes not real.....right?

[rockinamber18]

this was one of the oldest chick flicks.

[popcornloverish]

3:30 he has a boner

[MichaelJackson7852]

at 4:03

[MichaelJackson7852]

I luv this and I hope to remember to tell ppl

[happygamestvfun1]

old movie!

[tigerkewl]

the books are always better beacuse it describe things more better so you can understand it and it tells you every thing but the movies are still good my mommy told me.

[tudor1485]

@tigerkewl you do realise that Romeo and Juliet is a play, not a novel?

[jennifer77369]

it's nice but hard for me to understand the english...too old

[TheSchdaah]

I have a essay onn this in 2 weeks and watching this is MUCH better than reading the book!

[keithdawn2]

i'm only watching this because bella swan likes it

[missbabyice]

@keithdawn2 - She liked the Zefferelli 1968 version- sorry!

[scribid]

@missbabyice this is the Zefferelli

[missbabyice]

@scribid - No, it isn't. This was directed by Renato Castellani. The Zefirelli one is 1968.

[mysweetsmile23]

@keithdawn2 that's pretty sad...

[MsHolmar]

I sure wish we could get the 68' version in english. what's with the copyright? wow! too bad someone couldn't go in and put english to the spanish subtitles. But this is a great version also.

[Danny30011980]

It;s sometimes bit hard to understand, but I love this story. One of the best ever stories written! I like the language of that. I am a big fan of the Tudors TV series, they speak the same way...i like middle age or let's say that era. Twas bit later than middle age...

At least in this film they stick to the original lines, the movie with Leonardo diCaprio and Clare danes is ok and nicely done but very much modernized, dunno, like the real deal story more...

[pinkguitargal10]

ugh i'm juliet!! stupid teahcer i hate memorizing the lines!!!!1 i'd rather go to detention! i'm 17!!!!!!

[TheAnarchoOnion]

does anyone know who the two people at the start were? I know Abraham was the guy that got killed...but who killed him? an who was the other guy?

thanks

[CityLights1348]

Thanks for the upload!!! Can imagine my face when my teacher told me I had to rent this for homework? I was so pissed...

[TheAnarchoOnion]

@CityLights1348

IKNOW...i have to read the fucken book...i just cant its so fucken BORING....

[beakiddosmakeup]

i wish these old movies had subtitles.

[koln1996]

The film looks great, but Laurence Harvey was a terrible actor!!!

[Hmduffey0012]

This part of the movie is really strange also to much violence.

[kill3r2010]

@Hmduffey0012

Most of the play's ABOUT violence.

[Luiggina12]

tights.lol

[KILLEROFSHADOWS666]

@Everybody. YOU WERE ALL MOLESTED BY MY GRANDMOTHER AS A CHILD. AND NOW THAT IS WHY YOU ARE MY BROTHER

[MyJamjar]

yay im the prince in a play

[MrKingoffkings]

i hateee romeo annd juliet sooo much and i havta write up on tht

[RomeoXJuliet19]

this movie is sooooooooooooooo old already COOL but the anime version is much cooler! i love the anime version i mean look at my user name romeoxjuliet19 im a very very very big fan of romeo x juliet im an anime lover!!!!! and i love history :3

[catherinebleu]

Does this have all the information one would find in the written play? In 'book' format? It is indeed for school, but I keep losing interest in the written play.

[ShiroKisa]

@catherinebleu yes everything they say is word for word in the book if i recall

[goodbyelonglive44]

@catherinebleu well you need to read the book..ofcource its boring after all the world war movies you watched..the best thing is to read them and act them, that way you wil have fun..get some clothes and swords and act them all..

[Strawaberry1257]

haha the first dude that comes out reminds me of my english teacher...

[penamichchael89]

dam ese diz fukin pelieula mad3 m3 wana t3ar hom3y for3lz i wuz n klass watchin it n i almost cri3d n front of my homeyz. firm3 movie ese realt tlk. sur up 13 ese fuck norputos,bull frogs,crabs,slobs, if u aint blue u anit true ese!!

[saharaaaa111222]

great:)

[ColdKrauser]

....Okay, I'm that kind of person that notices things..but is it me or does the guy wearing the tights not wearing any underwear?

[OliviaL96]

@ColdKrauser YEAH I NOTICED THAT TO. lmfao. I was like '' ew.''

[OliviaL96]

@ColdKrauser YEAH I NOTICED THAT TO! i dont think he is. I saw it & i was like '' ew''

[goodbyelonglive44]

@ColdKrauser well he is not wearing an underwear, but why dies it bother you? he is more beautifuly dressed..than most people today..

[sewerac]

beautiful story

[lightningwolf101]

such a beautiful story!!!!! :) im gonna cry "sniff sniff"

[bagrat3]

mercutio is awfull, friar lawrence is much worse, but juliet is the worst, romeo is like the rabbitof friar lawrence...

[hormo12]

The beginning is pretty boring. =P. No affence. =P

[lnmissgreen]

I think the 1968 one is the best! I looove that one.

And the yellow jacket that guy was wearing around 2:35 and later on was almost the same jacket Blair was wearing from Gossip Girl ! x)

[DawnAndriod]

I read this and this is a word by word play. Very good acting for the early 1900's!