Summary
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.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Gangs
-- New York (State)
-- Drama.
First loves -- Drama. Musical films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Beverly Hills, CA :Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios :2011 Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, |
| Edition | Blu-ray and DVD, 50th anniversary ed., Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | West Side story. West Side story. West Side story. |
| Contributors |
Wise, Robert,
1914-2005, producer, director. Robbins, Jerome, choreographer, director. Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005, screenwriter. Wood, Natalie, actor. Beymer, Richard, 1939- actor. Tamblyn, Russ, actor. Moreno, Rita, actor. Chakiris, George, actor. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, composer. Sondheim, Stephen, composer. Griffith, Robert E. West Side story. Prince, Harold, 1928-2019. West Side story. Laurents, Arthur. West Side story. Mirisch Pictures (Firm), production company, presenter. Seven Arts Productions, production company. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ), publisher. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics, Stephen Sondheim ; production designer, Boris Leven. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English French Spanish In English, French, or Spanish; with optional French (Blu-ray Disc only) or Spanish subtitles; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); closed-captioned (DVD only). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Based upon the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; book by Arthur Laurents. Blu-ray Disc special features: "Pow! the dances of West Side story" in-movie viewing mode; song-specific commentary by Stephen Sondheim; music machine; "A place for us: West Side story's legacy"; "West Side memories"; storyboard-to-film comparison montage. DVD special feature: Music machine. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; region A; widescreen (2.20:1) presentation; 50GB dual layer; AVC@25 Mbps; 1080p high definition; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (English) and DTS 5.1 (French); Dolby digital 4.0 (English) and 5.1 (Spanish). DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.20:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1 (English); mono (French, Spanish). Blu-ray Disc requires a Blu-ray Disc player. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards, 1961: Best Art Direction (color) ; Best Cinematography (color) ; Best Costume Design (color) ; Best Director ; Best Film Editing ; Best Music Score ; Best Picture ; Best Sound ; Best Supporting Actor ; Best Supporting Actress |
| Description |
2 Blu-ray Discs (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD (153 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Other | Classic View |