The popular 1996 Shakespearean romance drama “Romeo + Juliet” recently turned 25, and its director, Baz Luhrmann, is sharing with TODAY how he feels about the movie a quarter century later.

25 Years Later, Baz Luhrmann's ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Has Stood the Test of Time. Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio star in "Romeo + Juliet," directed by Baz Luhrmann.

For Juliet, Luhrmann cast Natalie Portman, then hot off her star-making role in "The Professional." She was 14, ... "Romeo + Juliet" cost a reported $14.5 million to make.

Quindon Tarver, a musician and former child star best known for his appearance in Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” died after a car accident in Texas on April 1. He was 38. Tarver was born ...

The movie, of course, is Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet.” Twenty years after the disco-punk Shakespeare update grabbed the No. 1 spot at the box office and fermented the kinetic gloss of the ...

There's probably never been a time as ripe with "Romeo and Juliet" rip-offs as our contemporary era. Though it's been 29 years since Baz Luhrmann's modern, alternative-pop-scored "William ...

In Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” Romeo is in Verona Beach — perhaps ensnared in a fiery gas station gunfight, playing billiards in a deteriorating warehouse, or speeding with the Capulet cousins in ...