West Side Story (Blu-ray)
The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures
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Also released as:
West Side Story (1961) (Slimline Case)
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West Side Story (DVD)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: April 3, 2012
- Originally Released: 1961
- Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn & Rita Moreno | |
Performer: | Eliot Feld, Tony Mordente, Simon Oakland & George Chakiris | |
Directed by | Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins | |
Edited by | Thomas Stanford | |
Music by | Leonard Bernstein | |
Screenplay by | Ernest Lehman | |
Composition by | Johnny Green & Leonard Bernstein | |
Lyricist: | Stephen Sondheim | |
Produced by | Robert Wise | |
Director of Photography: | Daniel L. Fapp |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1961 -
Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score: Irwin Kostal, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin & Sid Ramin
Academy Awards 1961 -
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color): Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1961 -
Best Costume Design (Color): Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1961 -
Best Director: Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
Academy Awards 1961 -
Best Film Editing: Not Applicable
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Best Picture: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1961 -
Best Sound: Not Applicable
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Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris
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Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno
Academy Awards 1961 -
Honorary Awards: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
[E]very Bernstein song's a humdinger with sizzling Sondheim lyrical gags. Cosily cool.
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[P]owered by phenomenal songs and a fiery Rita Moreno.
USA Today
West Side Story is a beautifully-mounted, impressive, emotion-ridden and violent musical which, in its stark approach to a raging social problem and realism of unfoldment, may set a pattern for future musical presentations.
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Variety
Both Miss Wood and Miss Moreno are permitted to work up fine fervors in their acting, and they come through.
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Los Angeles Times
Jerome Robbins' choreography was as good as the critics said it was, but I was bothered by its unresolved discord with the "real" story.
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Esquire Magazine
Natalie Wood, who was made a hit in the Kazan-Inge production of Splendor In the Grass and is the most promising young star of today, gives a fine dramatic performance.
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New York Daily News
For the superlative-minded, West Side Story is the most expensive musical film ever made. It's also one of the best.
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Associated Press
Product Description:
Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for Best Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Realistically portrayed characters and their surroundings and expert editing complementing innovative dance sequences mark this highly stylized modern-day Romeo and Juliet tale. The stage is set in New York's Upper West Side in the 1950s, where the area's slums are plagued by racial tensions acted on by two rival gangs: the Puerto Rican Sharks and the Caucasian Jets. In the middle of this mess is young, innocent Maria (Natalie Wood), a Puerto Rican seamstress whose brother, Bernardo (George Chakiris), is the leader of the Sharks. Despite the warnings of Anita (Rita Moreno), Bernardo's fiery girlfriend, Maria falls in love with a young, hopeful Polish boy, Tony (Richard Beymer), who used to belong to the Jets, now headed by Riff (Russ Tamblyn). When Tony, on Maria's urging, tries to stop a rumble between the gangs, tragedy ensues, marking their dedicated love affair with violence and desperation. The infectious, lyrical landmark score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim help round out one of the greatest musical experiences ever captured on film.
Keywords:
Classic
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Gangs
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Stage Play
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Love Story
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Tragedy
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 132,034
- UPC: 883904245681
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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