The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (film)
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is 1982 film, starring Alex Hyde-White as the title role Romeo and Blanche Baker as Juliet.
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[edit] Plot
Romeo and Juliet's families have been in a feud that causes these two romantic lovers to make harsh decisions that change lives forever. The story does end with Romeo killing himself and Juliet doing the same, just as the original goes.
[edit] 1968-1982
The story line is similar to the original Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli. Though they were made nearly 15 years apart in making, Zeffirelli's timeless version is still more received, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Which was filmed as if on stage) is still not widely known.
[edit] Costume
The costumes in this version were like the ones that you would have also seen in the actual stage plays. The setting the same. But the costume tights were so tight that the behind was tightened and it looked as if they were naked in some shots.
[edit] Love Scene
It isn't clear in the play whether the couple have sex or not. There is a scene where the two are having sex in the 1968 movie, but the play says they only enter. Romeo gets out of bed in the nude (explicit nudity shown in the 1968 version) and he opens the curtain. The same thing happens in this, except only his chest and body, not his bottom, are shown. These two versions verify that supposedly they did have sex, but cannot be verified.
As explained earlier, you can only see his stomach up before he pulls the tight pants on.
