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West Side story / presented by Mirisch Pictures in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; a Robert Wise production ; screenplay writer, Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 15930CDVD | discLanguage: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Modern (1453- ), Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Series: MZ1 ; 15930CDVD.Publisher: [United Kingdom] : MGM Home Entertainment, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Edition: Special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (approximately 2 hr., 26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • West Side story (Motion picture : 1961)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .W47 1961
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; choreographer, Jerome Robbins.
Awards:
  • Academy Awards, USA; 1962, Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (George Chakiris); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Rita Moreno); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin); Best Cinematography, Color (Daniel L. Fapp); Best Costume Design, Color (Irene Sharaff); Best Director (Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins); Best Film Editing (Thomas Stanford); Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal); Best Picture (Robert Wise); Best Sound (Fred Hynes, Gordon Sawyer)
Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.Summary: This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks' leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
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Based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince and the book by Arthur Laurents; play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.

Special features: Disc 1: feature film; original film intermission music (option to play with or without intermission) -- Disc 2: "West side memories" retrospective documentary containing Natalie Wood's original vocal recordings and new interviews with cast and crew including Robert Wise and Stephen Sondheim; production design and storyboard montage gallery; behind the scenes photo gallery; original trailers

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Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; choreographer, Jerome Robbins.

Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.

This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks' leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.

Not rated.

DVD, PAL region 2; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; widescreen (2.13:1)

English, French, Italian, German or Spanish dialogue; subtitles in Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish; closed-captioned in English and German.

Academy Awards, USA; 1962, Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (George Chakiris); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Rita Moreno); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin); Best Cinematography, Color (Daniel L. Fapp); Best Costume Design, Color (Irene Sharaff); Best Director (Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins); Best Film Editing (Thomas Stanford); Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal); Best Picture (Robert Wise); Best Sound (Fred Hynes, Gordon Sawyer)

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