West Side Story (film)
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Theatrical release poster by Joe Caroff
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| Directed by |
Robert Wise Jerome Robbins |
| Produced by | Robert Wise |
| Screenplay by | Ernest Lehman |
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West Side Story by Jerome Robbins Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim Arthur Laurents |
| Starring |
Natalie Wood Richard Beymer Rita Moreno George Chakiris Russ Tamblyn |
| Music by |
Leonard Bernstein Irwin Kostal |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Thomas Stanford |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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152 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $43.7 million |
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical-romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was inspired by William 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, A.S.C., in Super Panavision 70.
Released on October 18, 1961 through United Artists, the film received high praise from critics and the public, and became the second highest grossing film of the year in the United States. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 10, including Best Picture (as well as a special award for Robbins), becoming the record holder for the most wins for a movie musical.
In the summer of 1957 in the West Side's Lincoln Square neighborhood in Manhattan, there is tension between a white American gang, the Jets, led by Riff, and a Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, led by Bernardo. After a brawl erupts, Lieutenant Schrank and Officer Krupke arrive and break it up. The Jets decide to challenge the Sharks to a rumble at an upcoming dance for neighborhood control.
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