The joke around the Titanic set in Rosarito Beach: "Hey Jim (Cameron), can we have July 1 off so
we can see the movie?" which is scheduled to open July 2. Jokes aside, the epic may be completing
principal photography this weekend.
Young Danny Nucci, playing Leonardo DiCaprio's best pal and cabin mate (in third class) on board
gets back in time for the opening of That Old Feeling and DiCaprio in time to start The Man in the
Iron Mask. Seriously, young Nucci, (Eraser and The Rock co-star) says the making of the movie
has been an amazing experience. "And no acting was necessary in the scenes in which the ship sinks
-- it was real!" He also credits Cameron's talents in the personal stories -- such as tender moments
between lovers DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
Thanks to Yahoo News
Encore! Capitol to release sequel soundtrack disc:
Thanks to Yahoo News
Why is it wrong to bite your thumb at somebody?
I was just wondering if the rumors are true that Leonardo and Claire are
getting married?
From Kacky69@aol.com
News-March 19, 1997
a special R&j on mtv europe. I suppose this is the same that
you see on US. at the end of the special, claire, dicaprio,
and
Luhrmann have a little discuss with some high school student about the
movie....
Yeah, the show was hosted by this old dude we see in each US interview
on MTV Europe (Chris something). The discussion was basically about
why the film was taking place nowadays, well because Shakespeare is
sooo modern, dear. The interventions of the students sucked IMO, not
because they were stupid, but they were not natural. It looked like a
civic campaign, but for cultural stuff. MTV at its worst.
DiCaprio was, well DiCaprio. Lurhman was overexcited and selling his
movie.
Claire Danes didn't talk too much, but at one moment she said how our generation
was sacrificed and although this kind of common-place is generally
boring, she was touching. I hadn't seen her speaking since MSCL and
it's weird because she really looks like Angela. There's some kind of
contrast in her personality. She seems to say "I want to have some
fun" and in the same time "I have to carry the pain of the world".
Weird chick ;-)
mailto:pguibert@club-internet.fr
According to the Internet Movie Database, a "goof" in R&J (1996) was
at the party when Romeo turns around to face Capulet and his mask moves
up and down on his face.
Thanks Courtney
In the May issue of BOP magazine, there is a pin-up of Leonardo and
Claire (not together), and a centerfold of Leo. There are also 2
articles on Leo, one including a pic of him, when he was 16! (He looks
10!)
Thanks Courtney
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet landed in Spain with a moderate
$608,000 in five days
(overshadowed by The English Patient); Indonesia with a lively $419,000
in eight days; and Norway
with an unexceptional $215,000 in five. Its foreign total is $32.7
million.
Jamie Kennedy played the hilarious video
store clerk Randy in SCREAM.
Thanks to -Amy-
The Romeo & Juliet
CD-ROM is available at a store named Towers. ( I don't have one here, but
you might want to check)
Thanks to Perry
Did you here that Leonardo DiCaprio is going to
be either the Young Darth Vader or The Young Obie One on the new Star Wars
coming out in the year 2000?
Thanks to Perry
As well, established Australian directors like Peter Weir and Bruce Beresford are being joined in
Hollywood by a new group of Australian filmmakers, including Jane Campion ("The Piano," "Portrait
of a Lady"), Gillian Armstrong ("Little Women") and Baz Luhrmann ("Romeo and Juliet").
News-March 17, 1997
Thou art busy. I'll have to put all the new info. in later in the week.
I have moved past March News to here.
News-March 16, 1997
In the May issue of 16 Magazine, in the Q&A section,
a girl from
Pennsylvania writes: "Does Leo
date girls 4 years younger than he is?"
the answer: "Leo doesn't put age restrictions on his dates, he went
out
with Bijou Phillips when she was 16 years old."
Has anyone noticed an movie mistakes in the 1996 or 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet?
In the movie Romeo and Juliet ('68)
when Juliet is "dead" and laid out outside of the tomb,
Lady Capulet (her mother) places 3 red roses between her hands.
Then, a transparent sheet is placed over the body and some
fine ladies of Verona throw more red roses on her.
But, when Romeo comes and visits Juliet, she does not
have the roses in her hands nor are there any roses left on the
top of the transparent sheet.
server news--I have updated the reviews site and this page somewhat.
News-March 15, 1997
In the April 1997, issue of YM magazine Leo is featured in two pages.
There is also a sweepstakes for the Modern Day Romeo book. Top ten
winners will win it.
Server news---I fixed the R&J comparison chart (on rj1968.html)
even more thanks to a recent submission. I also moved some of the past questions from this page onto the faq.html page. I have the top 10 reason why we love leo on the site again and I copied that info to the Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo page at romeo.html.
News-March 14, 1997
The results of the EI Awards: (film, # of votes)
Best Film of 1996
English Patient 357
Romeo & Juliet 342
Best Date Flick
Romeo & Juliet 227
Sexiest Actress of 1996
Claire Danes 403
Sexiest Actor of 1996
Ralph Fiennes 307 (I don't think so, baby!)
Leonardo DiCaprio 281 (Should have been the winner my dear Romeo)
Thanks to Karen
The introduction of Romeo and Juliet 1968
by Ali MacGraw when the movie was shown on AMC (American Movie Classics) a while ago. The viewing of the movie was sponsored by Waldenbooks, your best source for romance novels. The text is almost word for word.
"Ask people to give an example of a romance classic, and most will answer with, Romeo and Juliet.
Even origins of the story are romantic,
wandering minstrels in Medevial Europe sang about the
star-crossed lovers two centuries before Shakespeare wrote it down.
With all the movie versions, this is the truest to Shakespeare's play. This was the first time the doomed teenagers were played by teenagers.
Usually, most older actors played the parts like 36 year old Norman Sheer (sp?) opposite 43 year old, Leslie Howard.
The play is about the volatile pressures of youth. Zerfferelli deftly (sp?) turned Shakespeare's prose into the poetry of love. This is the first version to show Romeo and Juliet naked on their wedding night.
The entire film is gorgeous. Small wonder the picture won Oscars for costume design and cinematography.
Zerfferelli studies architecture in college and used Italy's renaissance masterworks as supporting players.
The famed balcony scene was shot at the palace built by Cardinal Bourges (or Borgasie) in the 16th century.
Capulet's homes was built by Pope Pius the 2nd in the 1460 and Friar Lawrence's church is actually the church of San Pietro, a national monument.
An now the international treasure, Franco Zerfferelli's Romeo and Juliet."
Claire Danes receiving her Sho West Award. Image courtesy of the
Claire Danes Homepage
Server news---I have updated the Survey results page and added a 1968/1996 review of R&J on the Reviews site.
News-March 13, 1997
The Entertainment Insiders awards will be announce on
March 14th
Camelot Music email me a few days ago answering one of my questions.">here.
My question was to them, "When is the Romeo and Juliet Volume II CD coming out?" They said that it will be out on April 14th, 1997.
Does anyone know why Claire broke up with Matt Damon?
I (B) would just like to say that a person emailed me last ngiht asking me to send them a picture of the "heart" in Romeo and Juliet because they wanted it tattooed on their body.
I believe Leo broke up with Kristine Zang soon
after the R+J premiere (I got that from the R+J fanclub by
Courtney) and while watching the Gossip Show on E! found out that
Claire DUMPED her Rainmaker co-star Matt Damon on Feb. 13, before
V-day. This means BOTH LEO+CLAIRE ARE CURRENTLY SINGLE!!! I just
didn't know if you received this info yet. Also, do you know where
the EI Awards will be announced? Like is it on TV on ABC, or where
on the Internet? All I know is that the results are on March 14.
Thanks to Grace
News-March 12, 1997
Leo won, Leo won
Leonardo DiCaprio won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Actor in a Romance movie for his role as Romeo in
Romeo &
Juliet
The bad thing was that they did not announce in on television!
Claire Danes lost out to Michelle Pfieffer for Best Actress in a Romance.
News-March 11, 1997
The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards are on Tonight on UPN
Is
April 8th is when R&J is coming out to rent? It won't be out to buy for a
long time? (unless your like a billionaire)
Also in Italy, William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet opened with an
unexceptional $602,000 in five
days on 119; its foreign total is $29.3 million, led by Australia's $11.2
million, Korea's $7.3 million
and Brazil's $3.1 million.
The song Lovefool by the Cardigans was played during MTV's new show Daria. (or something like that)
A transcript of Claire's Appearance at Showest '97.
There is a caricature of Claire as Juliet in the April 1997 issue of
Premiere on page. 121 which looks *nothing* like her.
Thanks to Elvina
News-March 10, 1997
The Romeo and Juliet video will definitely be more expensive. It's going
to be priced for rental which means it should cost between $70-$100. I
don't know why they're doing this since the movie was popular. It will
be a few months before the video is brought down to normal price. They
did the same thing with Clueless when it came out on video.
Thanks to Afua
A preview of Romeo and Juliet can be seen on the new video that just came out to stores, That Thing You Do.
I saw The Pest and I loved it. The first 3 minutes of the movies was a start of an hour laughing fest!!
News-March 9, 1997
I heard that when the Romeo and Juliet VHS tape comes out, it will be more
expensive than other films, I don't know if this is true though. I also
heard that there will be never-before-seen footage, behind the scenes
stuff, as well as interviews with the cast on the video.
Thanks to Courtney
B is trying to start a Leonardo DiCaprio newsgroup!!
News-March 7, 1997
I have moved the Photos to here
My new background that I have used for the Signs that you are obsessed w/ R + J page and
Survey results
Leo and Claire at the R + J Premiere
Here's a piece of trivia you might find interesting. Before they
found Claire Danes, 15 yr old actress Natalie Portman (of the Professional)
was signed to play Juliet. Leonardo nixed her, though, saying she was too
young and he would feel uncomfortable.
Thanks to Kristy for this info.
News-March 8, 1997
The name Leonardo DiCaprio
was mentioned on tonight show of Sabrina: The Teenage Witch.
Last week, Oprah had a rerun of the Marvin's Room Show.
News-March 6, 1997
Oh my gosh! Their is ANOTHER Romeo and Juliet poster that you can buy
It is $14.00 at Class Act Posters on the net!!
"Yea!!! According to Laserdisc Preview magazine, Romeo and
Juliet is scheduled to be available on LaserDisc on April 30/97. [0414385
$49.98 C/S/D 120 min. UPC 08616-24143-67 R 2.35:1 1996 TCFHE]
Dolby Digital, THX. Additionally, Entertainment Preview magazine
inidicates that To Gillian on her 37th Birthday will be available for rental
on April 22/97 and available for sale on May 20/97. On a rather odd note,
in an interview in this week's TV Guide - the "King of All Media", Howard
Stern, says "I love MY SO-CALLED LIFE"!" Information compiled by this wonderful Claire Danes site
) "Also, Meryl Streep
was the mystery guest on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. Although she didn't
get to talk about working with Leonardo, the clip that Rosie showed from
Marvin's Room was the scene where Hank's mom comes to get him out
of the institution and tell him about Aunt Bessie."
Information comiled by this site who still has not added a link to my site because I think that they are afraid of the competition.
A good summary of how Leonardo is in The National Enquirer - There's a big headline on the cover with a small pic of him but it had plenty o' pics inside. It's this stupid story of how he spent the night at Demi Moore's house(it's true but it was only for a screen test for a movie;)). It has some good pics-like how he dresses normally.
Thanks to Tracy
A wonderful R + J site that I was told about
server news--The survey results page was updated. Also, thanks to some of the new pix from Kristy.
News-March 5, 1997
Claire Danes will present an 69th Annual Academy Awards (Oscar) on March 24th
at the Shrine Auditorium on ABC. Make sure to watch
E!'s preshow coverage because Melissa or Jone Rivers is sure to talk to her.
Thanks to Yahoo News
Leonardo DiCaprio is in this week's Enquirer Magazine.
He has been accused of seeing Demi Moore and spending a romantic
night with her.
An article in ICE magazine said the R+J Volume II has been pushed back at least one
month. They have been wrong before but they were the first to put a
date on Poltergeist, which was right! Thanks to
MRH for this info.
I (B) heard that the soundtrack might be coming out when the movie does, April 8th.
A Claire Danes newsgroup:alt.fan.claire-danes
News-March 4, 1997
Let's play our favorite game.....
What scene is this?
What scene is this?
What scene is this?
An article about Romeo + Juliet on Yahoo entitled
"FEATURE: Movies Struggle To Make Shakespeare
Accessible
"
I found this wonderful Claire Danes site with never seen before pictures. Here it is.
Did the soundtrack Volume II really come out?
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (foreign total: $27.9 million) romanced a so-so $512,002 in
Italy plus $101,458 in Finland, $84,428 in Greece and $91,351 in the Netherlands.
Last updated April 13, 1997
