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DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 20, 1998
Budget $6,000,000
Running Time
2 hours, 31 minutes
Country USA
Studio Mirisch Pictures, United Artists
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Musical, Love, Tragedy, Teenage, Epic, Murder, Revenge, Police, Urban
Tagline: The Screen Achieves One of the Great Entertainments in the History of Motion Pictures
Plot: 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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| Directed by |
| Robert Wise
The Sound of Music, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
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| Cast |
Natalie Wood
Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers, Miracle on 34th Street |
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Twin Peaks, The Haunting, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | | | Ned Glass
Charade, The Love Bug, The Fortune Cookie | |
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| Music By |
Saul Chaplin
An American in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, On the Town |
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