The themes of the film also mirrored the changes occurring in Hollywood, as a new vanguard of younger directors were coming to the forefront.The tale is about a poor ""guttersnipe"" Cockney flower girl heroine (Hepburn), who is trained by a misogynistic, arrogant bachelor linguistics expert (Higgins) to speak properly within six months - the result of a daring challenge and casual bet.I have my hands full now." When asked if she had any wishes, Sophia responded simply: "I would like to see he Grand Duke." BackgroundRomeo and Juliet(1968) is Florentine director Franco Zeffirelli""s beautiful modern interpretation of Shakespeare""s enduring, classic yet tragic love story of "star-crossed lovers.As he prepared o take off, Luke heard Ben""s spirit speaking to him: "Luke, the Force will be with you.In a Union encampment just North of Chattanooga.Seated at a table, Union General Thatcher (Jim Farley) is told by his chief spy, cigar-smoking gentleman Captain Anderson (Glen Cavender) that he has hatched a plot to disguise ten Northern soldiers as civilians and infiltrate the South:I know every foot of this railroad from Marietta o Chattanooga - and with ten picked men I cannot fail.