Premiere of "Romeo and Juliet" 50th Celebration, 04 March 1968

[@andradejurk]

Zefirelli's movie Will be forever in our minds and heart. Regards from Brazil.

[@carmentaborga4657]

Nobody is more beautiful than this couple! Best Romeo and Juliet movie!

[@bradc002]

"A rose will bloom. It then will fade. So does the youth. So does the fairest maiden."

[@ElaineSamuela]

Best-looking couple ever.

[@ElaineSamuela]

Best-looking couple ever.

[@Eidann63]

Absolutely!!

[@donnamiller5222]

That wasn't nice

[@michaeldonovan4793]

there will never ever be a better romeo and juliet than zefferelli's with these two leads...ever...or a better film score for it...

[@jackbeanstalk9208]

I'm gonna disagree with you here buddy. The acting doesn't hold up over time. Watch Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio from 1996. Il The story is well told in both but the acting is so much better

[@Adasteia-n2r]

​@@jackbeanstalk9208 Modern version was an insult to Shakespeare and Theater ! So, I am disagreeing with you. ! The acting holds up beautifully. Danes and De Caprio submerged and blowing bubbles in the water has nothing to do with the story just like 95 percent of the film ! Zefferelli slayed it !

[@SpeciaK2954]

I agree with you @michaeldonovan4793 & I've seen all versions ❤❤❤

[@Михаил-с1щ1ь]

Я этим фильмом создаю коллекцию свадебных платьев

[@jambroqc]

I could never get enough of Romeo and Juliet. It will always be one of my absolute best films. I adore Olivia and Leonard in this movie.

[@carolechenowith900]

It is a beautiful movie that never outdates. I saw it in 1968 and still watch it today. It is by far my favorite movie of all time!

[@jd3076]

Probably the 1st and MOST ICONIC COUPLES in cinematic history

[@theexmann]

Well there was Taylor and Burton in Cleopatra in the early 60s.

[@doberman1ism]

The greatest Romeo And Juliet ever done. 🥰😇😎

[@rohansrider]

Zeffirelli’s masterstroke was to cast two young people who were very easy on the eye. A handsome Leonard Whiting and a gorgeous Olivia. They were not the greatest of actors but their screen presence compensated for that lack of experience. T’hat early publicity and attention was hard for them in 1968. Too much, too soon.Olivia never truly fulfilled her fame. How many of you here can name anything of real note she did later that truly endorsed that early stardom? I checked out Whiting too, and there is very ,little of any note. T’he highly successful film Death on the Nile 1978 shows her as part of an ensemble cast but she didn't shine. Pity but not entirely unusual with young stars who peak too soon.

[@mrscamelot]

I saw this movie in June of 69. I was eighteen with long black hair. My bf looked like Romeo. Let’s face it we all identified with them. I loved this movie. I still do. So beautiful. A real work of art.

[@sanjaydias3346]

mrscamelot great to hear that,must have been so amazing.I am a millennial and I watch old movies hehe,I just love romeo and Juliet,the acting,precision,setting.I wish I was born in the 60’s

[@michaeldonovan4793]

i was eighteen when it came out and saw it three times a day for three straight days...thirty two total times over the next year! just a wee bit of a romantic addiction i'd say that lasted all my life...greatest romeo and juliet ever, forever...

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

Saw it in late 1969 (was ten and my father took me) Fell in love with it, the story and Shakespeare, of course!

[@dorlacastro1336]

I think she is the most beautiful woman.

[@marilynduenas1876]

He was cuter than her

[@larisaivanova2991]

А я думаю, что мальчик одно из самых красивых лиц...

[@MSYNGWIE12]

Olivia to this day (unless she has had work done?! I wouldn't blame her) is STILL REMARKABLY BEAUTIFUL. When I saw the film at a very small cinema in an even smaller town! - when Olivia first appears on camera, the audience let out an audible sigh! seriously, a sigh and from a group of varying ages! And virtually NO MAKEUP, AND LONG, LONG, UNEVEN HAIR- a breathtaking woman.

[@allakirichenko3022]

MOST BEAUTUFUL FILM THAT i EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. IT WOULD NOT BE AS DRAMATIC AND MEMORABLE WITHOUT UNSURPASSED MUSIC OF NINO ROTA. THE ACTORS ARE SO YOUNG AND PASSIONATE. I WAS 18 WHEN I WATCHED IT FIRST TIME. AM RETIRED NOW. BUT WHEN WATCH THEM FOR THE MILLIONS TIMES FEEL SAME SADNESS AND GLORY AND PRIDE FOR THE HUMAN RACE TO BRING SHAKSPERE PLAY TO LIVE FOREVER.

[@jamaliiiafshannn5345]

I wish i coould go back in the time and live the moment of Romeo and juliet premiere,

[@Eidann63]

There is no replacement for youth. Beauty does come from the inside, and you become a fuller (hopefully better) person as you age, but that look and the genuine naivite' are gone. Zeffirelli cast these two perfectly. Your heart just goes to them watching them in the film; beautiful movie, beautiful Romeo and Juliet. To me they'll never make another to match it; it's absolute perfection. P.S. They have remained friends to this day; how wonderful.

[@lauraebrown9024]

Hi, Tommy What’s up? Laura

[@reneeboehm558]

Yes

[@garywarmee4367]

Great comment!

[@Aotearoa0]

She was chosen from 500 other possibilities for the Juliet role.

[@Eidann63]

@@Aotearoa0 👍🌹

[@marilyncox8538]

I fell totally in love when I was a freshman in high school when all of us went on a field trip to see this movie. I am still in love with this movie, always have and always will. No other movie has meant this much to me.

[@itsnithya3565]

That music is soo good... At a point it makes me really feel sad.

[@alisoncarpenter232]

Best romeo and juliet movie so real tragic beautiful. So moving .

[@vicmigue]

Extraordinary movie A classic, one of the best in the history of cinema.

[@princessquil]

My Romeo and Juliet favorite movie couple.

[@andywaughlen5309]

Zeffirelli, simply a genius....

[@jmblnh]

After all these years this is my favorite movie of all time. I had a wicked crush on Romeo for years. What a beautiful couple actors.

[@flungingpictures]

RIP Franco Zeffirelli' and thank you

[@Lexx1758]

И я благодарю Франко за его талант.❤❤❤

[@papagen00]

Nino Rota's music should have won an Oscar.

[@rohansrider]

Yes, and so should the film and the director; the film was robbed! Only costume and cinematography won. Michael York and John McEnery overlooked, as was Pat Heywood. I went to the Odeon two days after the premiere and was totally enthralled. Saw it twice with other sets of friends. Never tire of it. Despite two major and important omissions from the text ( which always are included in other versions) Zeffirelli's version will always be the best. The whole group was exemplary and nobody miscast. If you get a chance, watch The Taming of the Shrew also made by Zeffirelli, and you will see many of the same actors and extras. Starred Liz Taylor, Richard Burton, and Michael York.

[@rohansrider]

Pavarotti has a version of it too. It's quite haunting and beautiful. Al Giochi Addio.

[@colinbrown7021]

CVArts I agree. It’s often played on Classic FM. I was taken to watch this by my school. I’m forever grateful for a real education and I’m grateful for teachers who wanted to teach. Teachers who I love and remember with love, respect and gratitude.

[@jamaliiiafshannn5345]

Yess nino rota

[@Lexx1758]

​@@rohansriderда,мне очень нравится и"Укрощение строптивой",и,"Джейн Эйр"

[@victoranthony9037]

What an amazing night. Olivia was stunning as usual.

[@НатальяДерика-к6п]

Лучшей постановки классического произведения, я не видела, Браво, Дзеффирелли, браво, актёрам. Это мой любимый фильм, пересматриваю в год по 10 раз!!!

[@МаринаСеразетдинова]

Я тоже.

[@СветланаГладышева-ы6я]

👍

[@ninapershyna2900]

Фильм - гимн вечной, прекрасной любви двух сердец на века!!!💖💖💖💖💖

[@MaryIannacone]

This was a beautiful movie!! Love it.

[@yigeren55]

watching the clip 50 years after the premiere, the music particularly hits home. What is a youth?

[@carmonaida6765]

One of my Favorite Movies of all Time!!🌹🎶

[@LB-gb9pj]

Обожаю фильм Дзеффирелли. Лучший на все времена. И очень точное попадание в выборе главных героев. Ребята как будто сами не из нашего времени. Потрясающие и очень красивые.

[@ГалинаРоманова-ш7д]

Не знаю, сколько вам лет. Но юные актёры точно из нашего времени! Любимы миллионами поклонников на все времена!!!

[@LB-gb9pj]

@@ГалинаРоманова-ш7д я вообще-то имею в виду время, которое описывается Шекспиром и игру юных актеров.

[@ГалинаРоманова-ш7д]

@@LB-gb9pj Да, я вас поняла. Будем любить Ромео и Джульетту!

[@norbertopantuso723]

The most Wonderfull love movie.

[@ЛюдмилаПислякова-ф5ц]

Дзеффирелли гений!! Пол века фильму, а до сих пор не отпускает! И обессмертил Оливию и Леонарда, как Шкспир своих Ромео и Джульетту

[@Марго-ш2и]

Лучшие из лучших! Я им так благодарна!Этот фильм перевернул всю мою жизнь!,мало того ,что я была помешана на древнем Риме и вот такая ,,сказка,,! Такие фильмы ,раз на всю жизнь!

[@BrianMcAllister-Guitar]

I saw this Brilliant Movie , just after its release . I was struck , not only by the story line , but also the Music . Next day I purchased the Piano Music .

[@КлавдияСергеева-ь5ф]

Спасибо ! ! ! Шедевральный фильм, великолепные и красивые актеры и ,конечно , интересна и их дальнейшая судьба.

[@Nata23018]

Крепкого здоровья и долгой, долгой жизни! Любимым актёрам!

[@bettycogswell9851]

Wonderful. Olivia seemed mature for her age in interviews. They are the best Romeo and Juliet...Beautiful...

[@Aotearoa0]

Loved how in the interview Leonard drinks from her glass, after the interviewer asks her about her smoking. She was a beautiful rebel. The puffing on the cigarette was a classic, but like all of us who sucked back on cigs, we're reformed smokers.

[@teresat4983]

Cannot believe so many years had gone by, like many viewers here I was a teenager watching and liking this movie. I still own a vhs tape and still watch the movie once in a while

[@rosarojas3015]

Es la mejor obra de arte. El romanticismo, la belleza, el amor infinito. Todo es emocionante. Saludos desde Chile y gracias por tan magnífico video.

[@islandgirl1793]

Olivia Hussey is such an amazing actress and Beautiful ✨💕 Leonard Whiting Handsome and a Briliiant actor ✨💕 The Best Romeo and Juliet Couple & Movie

[@garywarmee4367]

Such love and wonderful comments here for Romeo & Juliet, aided by the stunning music as we read. This post: A Time For Us!

[@petizo232]

Timeless Movie. it is a relic of humanity and love

[@mariacarolinapalaciosmaldo4589]

La más bella , película de amor Romeo y Julieta , bellísima, los actores, todo y especialmente su música e interpretación de sus protagonistas, toda la pasión y tragedia , de esta maravillosa obra de Franco Zeffirelli.inmortal.

[@lewashcliffe]

Olivia Hussey was truly one of the most beautiful women of all time! And while she has certainly been successful in her career as an actress, her personal life of 3 marriages along with a long fight with cancer has aged her and ravaged her beautiful body more than her fair share. I wish only love and light for Olivia!

[@bolivianprince7326]

The 60's might have been so marvelous

[@andreadragonfly1878]

...what light in yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun🌞. Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon!🌙 Just love Shakespeare, and the 60s...when my parents were young. ❤

[@kaythomas8521]

Ain't nothin like the 60's and 70's never again..such a pity

[@ckozyra]

I am really impressed by all the pictures that you posted and that you have the original program. Such a beautiful movie and such a beautiful couple.

[@spiceupmylife444]

Olivia her beauty elegant and innocent very much natural!

[@gingercarco]

I saw this movie with my mom and sister. 1968 We looked just like Olivia, (Juliet) the hair and eyes! Some boy friends looked like (Romeo) Leonard! It was fabulous! We have all the VHS tapes and pictures and everything! Us and the whole theater cried at the end.

[@carlapasserini2835]

Sono contentissima che sia stato il nostro grande registra e bravissimo.... FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI...🇮🇹❤️ A dover fare questo film di... ROMEO E GIULIETTA... Un film che non morirà mai...e molte generzioni a venire lo quarderanno ben volentieri. Onore al nostro grande regista. 👍 Vivrai sempre nei nostri cuori di tutti gli Italiani. 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍Adorabili Leonard e Olivia. Bellissimi🌹🌹

[@kaythomas8521]

One EPIC. film.....forever

[@evgeniiaplekhanova7815]

Вот это работа а они дети ещё а какой талант

[@shannonm75]

I'm 44 and never saw this movie or these young actors that were in it. I saw the interview and was fascinated by the way they carried themselves.

[@ТатьянаТатьяна-ф3ф]

спасибо за фильм франко дзефирелли! !!

[@reneemulherin2899]

My 9th grade English class went to see this movie on a Friday night in 1969. Made me a huge Shakespeare fan. I still have the original movie program as shown in your video. I can recite the dialogue word for word with the movie, however, I don't do this because it would be annoying!Thank you so much for posting this. I enjoyed it immensely. So cool to see Danny Kaye, Richard Chamberlain, Roger Moore, Patrick McNee, Joan Collins, etc, etc. Wish I could have been there! Adieu!

[@sa-iw4dr]

Where did yo go to school? You had a cool english teacher!

[@garywarmee4367]

And Tommy Steele from The Happiest Millionaire. 1968 - 69. A very big year(s)!

[@reneemulherin2899]

@@sa-iw4dr John Marshall HS in San Antonio, TX. Our teacher was Mr. Sosa. He WAS cool!

[@reneemulherin2899]

@@garywarmee4367 Right ,you are, my friend. So glad to have lived in the Golden Age of entertainment.

[@jamaliiiafshannn5345]

Hay dude you are lucky , you lived the moments of 60,s

[@nancyquagliarella2199]

Esa bellísima música me transporta al pasado.Es un deleite toda la pelicula😙😍😍😍

[@ЕкатеринаЖукова-п9ч]

Жаль английского языка не знаю , хочу сказать я очень люблю этот фильм он ,как это сказать моя ,, настольная книга,, как только он начинается ,играет музыка ,все я плакать начинаю!!!!!!!!!

[@demetrisefpraxias250]

Angliski yazik ochen luche chem ruski yazim.Skazi pazalusta,snaite yest pesni romeo and Juliet na ruski yazike?

[@amaliapliatsika6980]

It's been many years since I saw Romeo and Juliet and loved everything about it!I got everything I could find about it,CDs,the original vinyl records,articles from magazines and newspapers etc. Thanks for the wonderful video!!!

[@sinesiorodriguesfilho9566]

ROMEO AND JULIET , FOREVER 🕺💃 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@alexckelly1]

Shakespeare would have been very pleased with this production of his beautiful play. IMO it was a perfect film (except, maybe just more scenes!). It would be so great to see the scenes that were cut out during the edits. Thanks for posting this!! :)

[@lyndavonkanel8603]

I think he would have been pleased, too, but maybe a little displeased that parts of the play was missing.

[@alexckelly1]

@@lyndavonkanel8603 Perhaps one day we will get to see those two deleted scenes. Well, I think it was two. :) :)

[@evgeniiaplekhanova7815]

Там всякие красотки мелькают но лучше Оливии нету!!!

[@filipkovany7519]

Byl vybrán skvělý herecký pár, nádherná dvojice v hlavní roli, velmi emotivně působivé!

[@princessquil]

When you see this movie you transport yourself to that innocence of puberty and 💗 love.

[@debbrunette650]

This was lovely thank you so much.

[@msmissy3551]

Wow I forgot how handsome Prince Philip was. This Romeo and Juliet is my all time favorite. The only ones I recognize for the role. Both are beautiful 😍

[@miramariajonasz]

Très bien présenté . Les images " historiques " des Rois , des bons acteurs , et surtout l'innocence d'Olivia et de Léonard très marquante , ainsi que l'humilité de Franco Zefirelli . Merci

[@CaliWeHo]

One of favorite films of all time. I used to have the album too! Don't know what happened to it, but I want to get it again.

[@jorgealamillo8564]

Felicidades por el reportaje recordar es vivir excelente película , extraordinario Director y que decir de Leonard y Olivia simplemente lo mejor de esta Bella Historia de Amor

[@katmontgomery7380]

Wow 😳 I would have loved to have been there for this event. How it must have been. Better than meeting the Beatles (and I love the Beatles). Thx for Sharing!

[@SpeciaK2954]

Kat Montgomery Its one of my Fav movies EVER. Best version of R&J I've seen

[@fatimazinhatelles6467]

A mais linda história de amor que já vi,inesquecível!😍

[@mirhadassi273]

I was 17 when i saw the movie and i thought they were the most beautiful couple ever

[@nuriacanales39]

Me encanta esta canción y película 😍😍😍😍

[@pocopico7409]

What a wonderful and interesting video you put together, Ciro. Thank you! This was a perfect film. Both of them were perfect for their parts, and so unbelievably attractive, especially Olivia. So, so beautiful. And the fantastic music just made it that much better. One of the best movies in the history of cinema.

[@bozenawowra702]

Najpiękniejszy film mojego życia ❤️, oglądam go kilkadziesiąt razy.Cudowni aktorzy, muzyka przepiękna . Kocham Was ...💓💓💓💓💓

[@keetahbrough]

when i was a child in the 70's my mother had thee record and the sheets within contained the entire screenplay for Romeo and Juliet. I used to be able to follow word for word.. Shakespeare .. and understand it completely. Not anymore.. i have to try hard when it used to be natural. The accumulation that comes with age is real, no doubt about that.

[@jintanasanguanchua2933]

1968 I's here in Thailand but din't have a chance to see the film, was too much busy with preparing myself in English classes, taking tests as required by USA's embassy. Andleft Thailand for USA Over there I got to watch the film and I've loved it untill now. The best Romeo & Juliat of all time.

[@FriendofRamblinJack]

Tk you for uploading this. If ANY of you have never been to Verona, Italy, and you love this movie and Shakespeare, I strongly urge you to get thee high hence to Verona - lay in Juliet's tomb and go to her house, it really exists, walk thru the house and drape yourself (women) over the balcony..........pure joy......... :)

[@kul2989]

This is wonderful!!!

[@catherineaw143]

My favorite one Love this one so much When it came out my aunt bought the LP

[@nataliastarovoytova460]

Ребята этот фильм гениален шедевр до конца света и группа квин фредди сказать больше нечего бравооооооо

[@veronicacordero1322]

La mejor película de todos los tiempos, incomparable... saludos desde Chile!!!

[@keilapittastefanelli1719]

Vi esse filme pela primeira vez aos 14 anos... nunca mais me esqueci e sempre que posso, revejo... para mim, a melhor versão desse clássico para o cinema. Elenco primoroso, e o casal protagonista insuperável... I ❤ Romeo and Juliet...

[@SilvineSil]

Gracias, Ciro. ¡Siempre con nuevos y asombrosos hallazgos que nos regocijan a los que adoramos y admiramos la versión 1968 de Romeo y Julieta! Y por ella tanto cariño y respeto sentimos por sus protagonistas, los siempre bellos, talentosos y gentiles Olivia y Leonard.

[@ВадимМаракулин-з8с]

Замечательная, любовная музыка.

[@CraigHart-sq7mz]

I wish I could go back in time to 1968. I was 14 and a home run hitter in baseball.

[@ingmatuss4163]

They look so happy togheter😁😁

[@三浦敏子-s9m]

イギリスのエリザベス女王、王子もいらしての素晴らしい映画にレナードもハッセイも有名人。お二人の歴史映画を沢山見たかった！

[@chaschk2]

Notice how Olivia looks so adoringly ad Leonard several times.

[@cardcounter21]

They allegedly had a secret fling.

[@giannabraccesi3707]

Bellisimo film insuperabile

[@raphaelamoa5008]

Olivia Hussey so beautiful!! God was well rested when he made her haha hahahaha.

[@mariangelalopes2513]

Marcou a minha adolescência, minha vida!

[@jindriskaprusova6322]

Byli úžasní.Milovala jsem je.🥇👏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤

[@francisng2561]

Never had the chance to see this Premiere, then in Malaysia. Now, 8th November 2020, 50 years seeing this video. Thanks for placing it on KZbin and by chance watching about Famous Stars in the 80s, brought me here. Thanks, better late than never. Love to all..

[@victoriaceleste2632]

Que linda musica! Esta pelicula me hace acordar a cuando era una niña

[@luxbeci2]

Nagyon szép összefoglaló a Rómeó és Júlia filmről. A legszebb pár a világon...

[@mimabarresi6312]

No sabes cuánto te agradezco!!

[@vidviewer100]

thanks for making this lots of interesting stuff about the cast and creation of this unequaled production

[@ВадимМаракулин-з8с]

Драма о любви юноши и девушки самая интересная среди зрителей. Все хотят видеть спектакль о любви молодого парня и девчонки, неважно из каких семей, важно что любовь существует.

[@natthebratster]

Think about today's society and film and what the political climate was like in 1963 at least where I'm from. People wanted counter culture and while the 2 leads embody rebellion to an end this was a period piece and it could have easily tanked at the box office and been overlooked-it wasn't. The two main actors were minors and not accustomed to the huge response this film gained. I can't imagine being 15-17 yrs old and handling , gracefully, the pressure and limelight that Olivia and Leonard did not to mention maintaining a multi decade long friendship in this industry without succumbing to ego, drug use to destruction, or mental illness. As more footage is released on the internet and you get a glimpse of the pressure these two young stars were under and they both handled it beautifully and with grace. It gives me a greater appreciation of the work that went into the film and everyone involved with it.

[@jomaleca2005]

Sin duda absoluta esta película estar a dentro de las mejores de la historia del cine Toda vez que tiene los actores idóneos La música extraordinaria...la dirección general,..,el vestuario El gran guión respetando a la fuente del libro,.,la mejor escena de amor del cine ( cuando se ven por primera vez).…...por estás películas es que el arte nunca va a acabar..,. genial.

[@Алина-л5м7т]

Браво!

[@ВалентинаСтрижова-я6я]

Скептикам, которые не верят в любовь, не верие в любовь - это неверие в Бога, есть она, но не всем дано её испытать, Франко ты гений, создав это чудо, актёры просто невероятно хороши, музыка - шедевр, фильм сказочный, жизнь и любовь, зачем же смерть?!!!!!!!!

[@carlosmunozneira2286]

EXCELENTE EL VIDEO, HISTORICO, TANTO PERSONAJE HISTORICO, QUE MARAVILLA DE TESTIMONIO.