Tromeo and Juliet is cult-classic film released in 1996 by the famed B-movie production company, Troma pictures. Famous for mixing the high and low brow, the film contains glorified violence, hyper-sexuality and the trademark Troma B-Movie style, wrapped around a Shakespearean template. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Troma is a film production and distribution company, started by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz that, since 1974, has been producing low budget independent movies non-stop. ...

The punk rock adaptation of the William Shakespeare classic, Romeo and Juliet, the movie makers attempted to use gore and sexuality to shock the viewer in much the same way as it is believed actors might have done in Shakespeare's time (but with proper adjustments to content to suit the times). Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Romeo and Juliet is a famous play by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young lovers. ...

The movie stars Jane Jensen, Will Keenan (a frequent Troma actor), Valentine Miele, Sean Gunn and Maximillian Shaun. Lemmy, of Motörhead fame, narrates. It was adapted by James Gunn and Lloyd Kaufman, and also directed by Kaufman and, uncredited, Gunn. Jane Jensen (b. ... Sean Gunn (born May 22, 1974) is an American actor, most famous for his role as Kirk Gleason on the television show Gilmore Girls on the WB. Born and raised in St. ... Ian Lemmy Kilmister (born Ian Fraser Kilmister, December 24, 1945, also known as Ian Fraser Willis) is an English bass player and singer. ... Motörhead is an iconic British heavy metal band. ... James Gunn (born August 5, 1970, Saint Louis, Missouri) is an American writer, film maker, actor, musician, and cartoonist. ... Troma co-founder and president; Lloyd Kaufman Lloyd Kaufman is an American film director and producer. ...