Edgar Wright: The Definitive Guide To Homages, Influences And References
Its a very obvious reference, but one that needs to be made the terrible Sandford amateur dramatics night where they showcase Romeo and Juliet is taken from Baz Luhrmanns 1996 interpretation of the work, with the same bed, costumes and light-bulb crosses as the Leo Di Caprio and Claire Danes flick. The final nail in the plays coffin is hammered in as the society choose to forego the traditional bleak double-suicide ending for something altogether more cheery a song-and-dance number to the tune of The Cardigans Lovefool, a track from the movie which when enacted in this way would make Bill Shakespeare turn in his grave. As Simon Skinner said: absolute tosh, wasnt it?'