SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Feature film crime drama. Latino independent film. Romeo and Juliet set in the Los Angeles barrio. Despite their status in rival gangs, Plato (an aspiring rap artist) and Angelina meet at a costume party and fall in love. Angelina’s psychotic brother, Rico, attacks the gang associated with Plato’s family and when Plato intervenes Rico kills Plato’s sister, Vanessa. In revenge Plato kills Rico’s right-hand man. To throw her brother off the trial, Angelina fakes her own death on video. Plato sees the tape and not having seen Angelina’s message about it, kills himself. When Angelina sees his dead body she shoots herself. Lanier (op cit) notes the film remains relatively faithful to Shakespeare’s plot and is unapologetically violent.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2002

Duration

97 mins

Credits

Director

Paul Wynne

Producer

Paul Wynne; Tanya York

Cinematographer

Alex Hennech

Writer

Michael Legge (2)

Screenplay

Paul Wynne

Production Design

Casey Dodd

Cast

Sevier Crespo	Plato (Romeo)
Luchana Gatica	Angelina (Juliet)
Anthony Martins	Rico
Sara Ceballos	Vanessa

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gangster films

Notes

Notes

Available region 1 only (10/2008).

Reviews

Lanier, Douglas, Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press), 2006. (p. 300-1, entry 1276).

Production Company

Name

Urban Girl Productions

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.co.uk

Web

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