[Note: She is to be discovered later, of course, as an imposter and unreal "Madeleine." Scottie ultimately learns that he is following Elster""s mistress,nothis wife, and he has unwittingly become a pawn in his friend""s plot to murder his real wife.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.Reportedly, Zaillian never saw he original film, and adapted the screenplay solely from Robert Penn Warren""s novel.The Indian Copy Boy (casually nicknamed "Geronimo" - reflecting Tatum""s continuing bigoted attitude and insensitivity after a full year), brought Tatum his take-out lunch - and he derogatorily called it a "mess.Frankenheimer followed his film with another political conspiracy thriller, the starkly black and whiteSeven Days in May (1964), and with the psychological sci-fi thrillerSeconds (1966).