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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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Visual Materials Visual Materials Executive Office - 2nd Floor General Collection WES MIR 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 5050070010657

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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