West Side Story
The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.
West Side Story (1961)
Timing:
2:31 (151 min)
7.256/10
1824
1824
7.233/10
10646
10646
7.6/10
127000
127000
Country
Production
Genre
Crime, Drama, Romance
Budget
$6 000 000
Revenue
$43 656 822
Director
Actors
Scenario
Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents
Producer
Robert Wise, Walter Mirisch
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Thomas Stanford
All team (43)
All team (43)
Short description
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on William Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet' (The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, 1597).
- Following the film's premiere, actors Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, and Rita Moreno became overnight Hollywood stars.
- This film is ranked #2 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest movie musicals of all time.
- Warren Beatty, Tab Hunter, Anthony Perkins, Russ Tamblyn, Burt Reynolds, Troy Donahue, Bobby Darin, Richard Chamberlain, Dennis Hopper, and Gary Lockwood all auditioned for the role of Tony.
- The film was shot in the West Side of Manhattan, around 61st and 110th streets. At that time, it was a slum area that was evicted and slated for demolition. After demolition, Lincoln Center was built on the site of the neighborhood.
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