Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet

Lazy day Saturday lurking on YT I stumbled upon a snipette of my all time favorite movie. Of course (not having the movie here in NJ) I watched the entire movie again 9 minutes at a time....lol
A lot of the comments on the vids seem to be from young students watching it for English class. Many are comparing the looks of Romeo - Leonard Whiting to that of Zack Efron ( I had to look that one up, no teens in this house anymore).
Yes, the look eerily similar. Both very handsome.
Juliet - Olivia Hussey is such a beauty. She was 15 when the film was made. They still are friends. There are several print interviews on the web as well as excerpts from an interview with Olivia Hussey from a classic film tribute at the Castro Theatre in San Fransisco.

Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet.
We saw it in highschool. I was 15 at the time. I remember the boy I was in madly in love with at the time.
We read Shakespeare's play during the same time.
I loved the movie (which we saw on film-projector and all).Last year we picked up the DVD. I keep it in SC. Have watched it a few times. Will watch it again.Young love,forbidden love, conflict, family feuds, this play is a must read, the DVD/film is a must see.
Some of my favorite scenes:
*The costume ball where Romeo first sees Juliet ( he was in "love" with Rosaline). He sees her and is mesmerized. She notices after a unintentional glance. They dance then lose sight of eachother. I laughed when he grasped her hand from behind the column surprising her.
*The Balcony. What girl doesn't love that?
*Mercutio dies. "You ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man", "why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm", "a plague on both your houses", "They've made worm's meat....of ...me"
*Romeo slews Tybalt "I am fortunes fool"
*The morning after...again, it's a girl thing.
*"Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?"
*Juliet begging Friar for help. She gets the flask of poison "Give it to me!"
*The damned, slow donkey!! Good Lord, what bad timing!!
*The crypt scene both when Romeo finds Juliet, then when she finds him, dead.
I hope highschoolers are still required to read this play.