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West Side Story

(2-DVD Special Edition)

Starring: Natalie Wood & Richard Beymer Director: Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins
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Format: DVD

Genre: Musicals & The Arts

Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.5
Based on 263 ratings.

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
2-Disc Set
Package Type: Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer

Disc One:

    Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.20

    Audio:

    • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
    • Additional Audio Track - 1. Intermission Music (Option to Play in Film)

Disc Two:

    Additional Release Materials:

    • Featurettes - 1. WEST SIDE MEMORIES (60 Mins)
    • Storyboard-to-Film Comparison
    • Trailers

    Text Galleries:

    • Stills/Photos - 1. Production Design Gallery
                           2. Storyboard Gallery

    Additional Products:

    • Scrapbook - 1. Ernest Lehman Introduction
                        2. Original Script
                        3. Lobby Card Reproductions
                        4. Memos

Major Awards:

    Academy Awards - Best Picture (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actor (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actress (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Director (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Cinematography (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Director (1961)
    Academy Awards - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score (1961)

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 04/04/2003

"..Incredibly cool..."

Total Film - 07/01/2003

"...You'd be a fool not to buy it and once more savour the muscular song-and-dance numbers..."

Uncut - 12/01/2003

"[E]very Bernstein song's a humdinger with sizzling Sondheim lyrical gags. Cosily cool."

Product Description:

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.

Plot Synopsis:

A Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim score backdrops this landmark Broadway musical in which a modern-day Romeo and Juliet are involved in New York City street gangs. Academy Award Nominations: 11, including Best (Adapted) Screenplay. Academy Awards: 9, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor--George Chakiris, Best Actress--Rita Moreno, Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.

Plot Keywords:

Classic | Essential Cinema | Gangs | Love Story | Musical | Recommended | Stage Play | Theatrical Release | Tragedy

Production Notes:

  • WEST SIDE STORY was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1997.

Cast and Crew:

Starring Natalie Wood & Richard Beymer
Directed by Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins
Produced by Robert Wise
Edited by Thomas Stanford
Screenwriting by Ernest Lehman
Composition by Leonard Bernstein & Johnny Green
Director of Photography Daniel Fapp
Production Design by Boris Leven
Performer Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland, Tony Mordente & Eliot Feld

DVD Details:

  • Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
  • Originally Released in: 1961
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 32 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: April 1, 2003
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 25,445
  • Item UPC: 027616884343
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 2 item(s) for International Shipping.

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