During a demonstration of Dr.Octavius"" fusion-energy-producing apparatus (fueled by rare tritium) with 4 mechanical tentacle-arms ("impervious to heat and magnetism") attached to a waist-harness and controlled by a spinal-computer-brain interface, the device overheated, exploded, and the apparatus became fused to his body - and his wife Rosalie (Donny Murphy) lost her life.hearing-impaired, physically-abused Carlos (Ricky Dean Logan), who had been disabled by rough treatment from his mother.As he attempted to pull the cable back up, it abruptly snapped and Spock was accidentally dropped in a free-fall into the lava-spewing volcano, yet he survived." When his cover is blown, he retreats from curious photographers looking for a story and hides in an already-occupied public telephone booth.Bushman as RomeoGeorge Cukor""sRomeo and Juliet (1936)with elderly ""teen"" lovers Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer, John Barrymore as Mercutio, Edna May Oliver as the Nurse, and Basil Rathbone as TybaltRenato Castellani""sRomeo and Juliet (1954)with Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall in the leadsPaul Czinner""sRomeo and Juliet (1966), with ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Margot FonteynFranco Zeffirelli""sRomeo and Juliet (1968), with appropriately-aged star-crossed lovers Leonard Whiting and Olivia HusseyBaz Luhrmann""s hip and updatedWilliam Shakespeare""s Romeo + Juliet (1996)with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danessixty years since the 1961 production, director Steven Spielberg""s adaptation of the original 1957 Broadway musical production (it was his first musical),West Side Story (2021), with Ansel Elgort (as Tony) and Rachel Zegler (as Maria)The ground-breaking, dynamic film of 1961 was based on the successful Broadway hit - a staged musical play (opening in 1957) by writer Arthur Laurents and directed/choreographed by Jerome Robbins.