Lies my consent and fair according voice. At first he tells Paris, Juliet’s suitor:īut woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, Juliet’s father, Capulet, is ambivalent on this issue. Later, children could veto a parents’ choice. They married the person their parents selected.
In Antiquity and the Middle Ages, among the upper classes where issues of property and power were important, children were their parents’ chattel. Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo, Claire Danes as Juliet, Harold Perrineau as Mercutio, Paul Sorvino as Fulgencio Capulet, Pete Postlethwaite as Father Laurence and Miriam Margolyes as the Nurse.Įuropean-based civilization has had an evolving attitude about how a spouse should be chosen. Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Michael York, Milo O’Shea.ġ997 Academy Awards Nominations: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Australian Film Institute Best Foreign Film British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTA) Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, Best Production Design, Best Screenplay – Adapted, David Lean Award for Direction.
FICTION (SOAPS, DRAMAS, AND REALITY/SURVIVAL SHOW)ġ968 Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design 1969 Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Film Most Promising Newcomer – Female (Hussey) Most Promising Newcomer Male (Whiting) 1968 National Board of Review Awards: Ten Best Films of the Year, Best Director (Zeffirelli) 1968 Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture Best Director (Zeffirelli).