Romeo-Juliet

Synopsis: Film version of Romeo and Juliet casting the feral cats of Venice, New York and Ghent as actors with voices dubbed by established actors of the British theatre. Filmed as a concert, with music from Prokofiev and Emanuel Vardi performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth and Andre Previn. The story centres around a bag lady (John Hurt) who takes the cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the New World.
Language: English
Country: Belgium
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1990
Notes: Shot on standard definition PAL. Different sources cite the running time as between 120 and 140 minutes. The film is described as having over 200 hours of footage of the feline cast which was assembled into the final edit.

Quentin Crisp in his diaries Resident Alien: The New York Diaries (1997) edited by Donald Carroll makes mention of the filming.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: animals; cats; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)