West Side Story

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NR,2hrs 31min

Genres:

Musical,Drama

Released:

October 18, 1961

Distributor:

United Artists Films

Starring:

Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn ... More

Synopsis: Romeo and Juliet is updated to the tenements of New York City in this Oscar-winning musical landmark. Adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Broadway production, the movie opens with an overhead shot of Manhattan, an effect that director Robert Wise would repeat over the Alps in The Sound of Music four years later. We are introduced to two rival street gangs: the Jets, second-generation American teens, and the Sharks, Puerto Rican immigrants. When the war between the Jets and Sharks reaches a fever pitch, ... Full Synopsis

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	Richard Gilliam, AMG Review West Side Story is remarkable for its seamless transference from stage musical to screen classic, with the complete Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim song score intact, as well as the choreography of Jerome Robbins. The story, derived from Romeo and Juliet, works on a symbolic rather than realistic level; there is no pretense that this is a true representation of what New York City gangs were like ... Read Review

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	Natalie Wood Maria Richard Beymer Tony Russ Tamblyn Riff Rita Moreno Anita

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