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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.
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Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Mono - French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color)
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Costume Design (Color)
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Film Editing
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Picture
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Sound
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Honorary Awards
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor - George Chakiris
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Rita Moreno
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score - Johnny Green
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Director - Robert Wise
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score - Irwin Kostal
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score - Saul Chaplin
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Director - Jerome Robbins
- Winner, 1961 Academy Awards: Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score - Sid Ramin
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 Posted on May 4, 2008 |
| Reviewed by: Thom |
Alas, it has fallen to me to balance the scales once again. I saw West Side Story for the first time tonight... tonight... and it was, overall, a true film tragedy with the majority of the...
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 Posted on November 19, 2007 |
| Reviewed by: Jarrod |
'West Side Story' is an exuberant, ingeniously-choreographed musical retelling of Romeo and Juliet, with Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer as the ill-fated lovers, who are associated with different...
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 Posted on March 14, 2007 |
| Reviewed by: Jessica Film Junkie |
So Natalie Wood doesn't sing, so what. Unlike Audrey Hepburn in a certain 'loverly' movie, Wood sells us on Maria so well that we believe it is her voice and that is the ultimate accomplishement for...
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