Summary
Experience every sensational song, dazzling dance number and magical movie moment of West Side Story in this 50th Anniversary Edition! This electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York.Additional Information
Subjects |
Gangs
-- New York (State)
-- Drama.
First loves -- Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Musical films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. |
Publisher | Beverly Hills, CA :Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios :2012 Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, |
Edition | 50th anniversary ed., Widescreen. |
Other Titles | West Side story. West Side story. West Side story. |
Contributors |
Wise, Robert,
1914-2005, producer, director. Robbins, Jerome, director, choreographer. 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 ; music conductor, Johnny Green ; production designer, Boris Leven. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Language |
English French Spanish In English, French and Spanish; with optional Spanish subtitles; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); closed-captioned. |
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. Special feature: Music machine. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.20:1) presentation; dual layer; 5.1 Dolby digital and mono. |
Awards |
Academy Awards, 1961: Best Picture ; Best Supporting Actor (George Chakiris) ; Best Supporting Actress (Rita Moreno) ; Best Art Direction (color) ; Best Cinematography (color) ; Best Costume Design (color) ; Best Director ; Best Film Editing ; Best Music Score ; Best Sound. |
Description |
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Other | Classic View |