For 2,500 years, "the ring passed out of all knowledge" until acquired by the creature Gollum (Andy Serkis) in a dark cave ("My precious"), giving him long life for 500 years, yet it consumed him and poisoned his mind.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The third film in the series, and a second sequel, with most of the characters returning from the original film, with some additional ones.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.The tables have been urned on the detective and Jake is embarrassed for having been caught and set up - literally, with his pants down, and he doesn""t want o become "a local joke.