In the 1996 film adaptation of the Shakespeare classic Romeo and Juliet, the director has exchanged the original setting of Verona, Italy, for a modern Verona Beach, California backdrop. The part of narrator throughout the tale is portrayed on a television ... a false poison so her family will believe her dead. The friar uses a courier service to send Romeo a letter, but as they are not able to reach him they instead leave a note on his trailer's door, which is blown off in the wind and never spotted. Romeo is informed of what he believes is Juliet's death, and having not received the friar ...

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