Private Romeo (2011) on Netflix
Eight cadets stay behind at McKinley Military Academy, an isolated all-male school. As their lessons turn to Romeo and Juliet, Sam Singleton and Glen Mangan take the lovers' parts.
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Plot summary
The play Romeo and Juliet is spoken entirely by cadets at McKinley Military Academy, an isolated all-male military high school where eight of them are left behind. Sam Singleton takes the part of Romeo and Glen Mangan the part of Juliet, while Josh Neff doubles as Mercutio and Lord Capulet and Ken Lee speaks for Prince Escalus. The school scenes are filmed in desaturated grays, khakis and pale tones, and the scenes from the play appear in saturated colors.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Private Romeo (2011)
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- The cadet-school scenes are filmed in desaturated gray, khaki and pale tones, while the scenes where the cadets perform the play itself are shown in saturated color.
- Outfest's 2011 Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film was co-won by all eight cast members, Seth Numrich, Chris Bresky, Matt Doyle, Hale Appleman, Sean Hudock, Adam Barrie, Bobby Moreno and Charlie Barnett, rather than a single performer.
- Brown was inspired to write the script after seeing Joe Calarco's 2008 play Shakespeare's R&J, in which four senior students in blazers discover Romeo and Juliet and act out key scenes mixed with their own lives.
- The film is Brown's take on Don't ask, don't tell, the official United States policy on gays in the military from December 21, 1993, to September 20, 2011; the law was repealed after the film's production.
