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
- Musical films
Film adaptations
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Beverly Hills, Calif. :
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
[2011]
- Language
- English
French
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Blu-ray format
- Item Description
- Based upon the stage play by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; book by Arthur Laurents.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
Special features: "Pow! The dances of West Side story" in-movie viewing mode; song specific commentary by lyricist Stephen Sondheim; music machine; "A place for us: West Side story's legacy"; Creation and innovation; "A timeless vision"; "West Side memories"; storyboard-to-film comparison montage. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Blu-ray, widescreen, 1080p Hi-Def with DTS-HD 7.1 master audio, English 4.0 (English 5.1 on DVD); Dolby digital.
Requires Blu-ray compatible player. - Audience
- Rating: Not rated. Canadian Home Video Rating PG.
- 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
- Music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; choreography by Jerome Robbins.