Sammy gets caught in the window of Monty's speeding car, where he is thrown head-first into a fire hydrant and gradually dies. Almost immediately afterward, Monty and Cappy start threatening each other with weapons.
In the meantime, a bloody brawl between Murray and Sammy Capulet catches the attention of Detective Ernie Scalus, who gathers the heads of the two families together and declares that they will be held personally accountable for any further breaches of the peace.
Juliet is sequestered in her family's mansion, watched over by her abusive father Cappy, passive mother Ingrid, and overprotective cousin Tyrone, all the while being sexually satisfied by family servant Ness ( Debbie Rochon).īoth Tromeo and Juliet are trapped in cases of unrequited love: Tromeo lusts for the big-bosomed, promiscuous Rosie Juliet is engaged to wealthy meat tycoon London Arbuckle as prelude to an arranged marriage. Tromeo lives in squalor with his poor father Monty and works at a tattoo parlor with his cousin Benny and friend Murray.
Bushman recalled going to see Fox's Romeo and Juliet and was startled to see the intertitles from his film flash on the screen.Set in modern-day Manhattan, the film begins with the narrator ( Lemmy of Motörhead) introducing two families: the rich Capulets and the poor Ques.Īt the center of these families are Tromeo Que and Juliet Capulet. Fox rushed his version into the theatres in order to capitalize on exhibiting his film first. In a recorded interview, Bushman states that William Fox had spies working for Metro, and stole some of the intertitles from the Metro version. This film went up against direct competition from another feature-length Romeo and Juliet film from Metro Pictures starring Francis X. This film and other Shakespeare-oriented pictures were released in 1916, the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. 5 External links Competing versions of Shakespeare.
0 kommentar(er)
