West side story

DVD - 2011

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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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment c2011.
Language
English
French
Spanish
Other Authors
Robert Wise, 1914-2005 (-), Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim
Edition
Widescreen
Item Description
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
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.
Special features: music machine.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 153 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Region 1 encoding.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
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)
Production Credits
Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics, Stephen Sondheim ; choreography, Jerome Robbins.