Product Overview
West Side Story / United Artists an MGM Company / 1961 DVD
Region 2 Pal
Made in Europe
Total Playtime 146 minutes
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1, 1.77:1
- Package Dimensions : 7.56 x 5.35 x 0.63 inches; 2.89 Ounces
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish
- Language : Italian (Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Mono), German (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (PCM Stereo)
- Number of discs : 1
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. With a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, the film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris, and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp in Super Panavision 70. The music was composed by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Released on October 18, 1961, through United Artists, the film received praise from critics and viewers, and became the highest-grossing film of 1961. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 10, including Best Picture (in addition to a special award for Robbins), becoming the record holder for the most wins for a musical. West Side Story is regarded as one of the greatest musical films of all time. The film has been deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1997.A second film adaptation of the same name by Steven Spielberg was released in December 2021.
Cast:
- Natalie Wood as Maria, Bernardo's younger sister and Chino's arranged fiancée, who falls in love with Tony
- Marni Nixon as Maria's singing voice (also Anita's singing voice in Quintet)
- Richard Beymer as Tony, co-founder and one-time member of the Jets and best friend of Riff, who works at Doc's drugstore and falls in love with Maria
- Jimmy Bryant as Tony's singing voice
- Russ Tamblyn as Riff, leader of the Jets, best friend of Tony
- Tucker Smith as Riff's singing voice for "Jet Song"
- Rita Moreno as Anita, Bernardo's girlfriend, and Maria's closest confidanteGeorge Chakiris as Bernardo, leader of the Sharks, older brother of Maria and Anita's boyfriend
- Betty Wand as Anita's singing voice for "A Boy Like That"
- Simon Oakland as Police Lieutenant Schrank, a hard-boiled plainclothes detective
- Ned Glass as Doc, Tony's boss; a decent, elderly Jewish drugstore owner
- William Bramley as Police Sergeant Krupke, a brusque beat cop (Bramley played the role in the original Broadway production)
Uncredited:
- John Astin as Glad Hand, well-meaning but ineffective social worker
- Penny Santon as Madam Lucia, bridal shop owner
