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West Side Story
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West Side Story is a 1961 American musical, romance, drama, and crime film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The screenwriter was Ernest Lehman, with music composed by Leonard Bernstein. The cast includes Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, and Rita Moreno. Production was handled by Robert Wise, with United Artists and The Mirisch Company listed as production companies. The film was shot in New York City, which also serves as its narrative location.
The movie has a runtime of 153 minutes and was released on December 13, 1961. It was produced with a budget of 6,000,000 and generated 43,700,000 in revenue. The film received the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. It was also nominated for Best Film Editing. Viewers have rated the film 7.6 on IMDb and 7.231 on TMDb.
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Film · TMDB
7.2In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
Cast
- Natalie Wood as Maria
- Richard Beymer as Tony
- Russ Tamblyn as Riff
- Rita Moreno as Anita
- George Chakiris as Bernardo
- Simon Oakland as Schrank
Themes
- new york city
- immigrant
- showdown
- street gang
- slum
- love at first sight
- highway
- forbidden love
- musical
- based on play or musical
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- West Side Story
- Director
- Jerome Robbins
- Screenwriter
- Ernest Lehman
- Cast member
- Eliot Feld
- Composer
- Leonard Bernstein
- Producer
- Robert Wise
- Production company
- The Mirisch Company
- Cinematographer
- Daniel L. Fapp
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 150
- FilmAffinity ID
- 687189
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.mgm.com/view/movie/2130/West-Side-Story
- Image
- West Side Story 1961 film poster.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- publication date
- 1961-00-00
- film editor
- Thomas Stanford
- title
- West Side Story
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- production designer
- Boris Leven
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- West Side Story (film)
- capital cost
- 6000000
- choreographer
- Jerome Robbins
- different from
- West Side Story
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 86/100
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Encyclopedic overview
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise. 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 was designated as being "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 by Steven Spielberg was released in December 2021.
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