In 2005, the film was included on the BFI list of the "50 films you should watch by the age of 14". At the 69th Academy Awards, Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch were nominated for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration. Luhrmann was also nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture. At the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in 1997, DiCaprio won the Silver Bear for Best Actor and Luhrmann won the Alfred Bauer Prize. The film grossed over $51.8 million over a $14.5 million budget. The film was released on November 1, 1996, by 20th Century Fox to commercial success, and was met with generally positive reviews. It is the third major film version of the play, following a 1936 film and a 1968 film. Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino and Diane Venora also star in supporting roles. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the title roles of two teenagers who fall in love, despite their being members of feuding families. It is a modernized adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (often shortened to Romeo + Juliet) is a 1996 romantic crime tragedy film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann.
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