Pairs #53 (Film Edition)

Zeffirelli, Franco (Director). (1968). Romeo and Juliet [Film]. BHE Films; Verona Produzione; Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica. Starring Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting.

Nick and Nora Charles. Characters originally created by Dashiell Hammett in his 1934 novel The Thin Man, but who also appeared in a series of films between 1934 and 1947 based on Hammett’s characters. Nick and Nora were played by William Powell and Myrna Loy. The characters were spoofed in the 1976 film Murder by Death by characters named Dick and Dora Charleston.

Scott, Ridley (Director). (2014). Exodus: Gods and Kings [Film]. Chernin Entertainment; Scott Free Productions; Babieka Volcano Films; TSG Entertainment. Starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton.

Pohlad, Bill (Director). (2014). Love & Mercy [Film]. Battle Mountain Films; River Road Entertainment. Starring John Cusack, Paul Dano.

The Sharks and the Jets. Rival street gangs who sang and danced their way through the streets of Manhattan’s Upper West Side in West Side Story (1961, 2021).

Liang Xuan; Zhang Chun (Directors). (2016). Big Fish & Begonia (大鱼海棠) [Film]. Horgos Coloroom Pictures; Beijing Enlight Media; Biantian (Beijing) Media; Studio Mir. Starring Ji Guanlin, Su Shangqing.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Popular dance partners who appeared together in nine films in the 1930s and a tenth in 1949.

Phillips, Maurice (Director). (2002). Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [Film]. Universal Pictures. Starring John Hannah, David Warner.

Burns and Allen. Husband-and-wife comedy duo George Burns and Gracie Allen, stars of vaudeville, radio, film (1929-1939) and television.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. A married couple who made sixteen films together.

Gunnarsson, Starla (Director). (2005). Beowulf & Grendel [Film]. Truly Indie. Starring Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård.

Heston, Charlton (Director). (1972). Antony and Cleopatra [Film]. Rank Organisation. Starring Charlton Heston, Hildegarde Neil.

Menéndez, Ramón (Director). (1988). Stand and Deliver [Film]. American Playhouse. Starring Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips.

Hand, David (Supervising Director). (1937). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [Film]. Walt Disney Productions. Starring the voices of Adriana Caselotti and Lucille La Verne.

Raimi, Sam (Director). (2013). Oz the Great and Powerful [Film]. Walt Disney Pictures; Roth Films. Starring James Franco, Mila Kunis.

Robinson, Bruce (Director). (1987). Withnail and I [Film]. HandMade Films. Starring Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant.

Westley and Buttercup. Love interests in The Princess Bride (1987), played by Cary Elwes and Robin Wright.

Scott, Ridley (Director). (1991). Thelma & Louise [Film]. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Pathé Entertainment; Percy Main Productions; Star Partners III Ltd. Starring Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis.

Tony and Maria. The main protagonists in West Side Story, played by Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood in the 1961 version; and by Ansel Elgort and by Rachel Zegler in the 2021 version.

Cohen, Etan (Director). (2018). Holmes & Watson [Film]. Columbia Pictures; Gary Sanchez Productions; Mosaic Media Group; Mimran Schur Pictures. Starring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly.

Musker, John; Clements, Ron (Directors). (2009). The Princess and the Frog [Film]. Walt Disney Animation Studios. Starring the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos.

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Married couple who appeared in four films together: To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947) and Key Largo (1948). They also made a cameo appearance together in Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946).

Sulley and Mike. Animated best friends James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (voiced by John Goodman) and Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) in Monsters, Inc. (2001).