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West Side Story
Release Date: December 13, 1961
Year | : | 1961 |
Slogan | : | «The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.» |
Genres | : | Crime, Drama, Romance |
Production Companies | : | Seven Arts Productions, The Mirisch Company |
Director | : | Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins |
Producers | : | Robert Wise, Lynn Stalmaster, Allen K. Wood, Walter Mirisch, Saul Chaplin |
Writers | : | Ernest Lehman, Arthur Laurents, Arthur Laurents, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Roger L. Stevens, Robert E. Griffith |
RunTime | : | 152 mins. |
Budget | : | 6000000 |
Revenue | : | 43656822 |
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 kids, one from each rival gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
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Featurette: Natalie Wood on Making West Side Story with Co-Director Jerome Robbins
Featurette: Rita Moreno on why West Side Story Is Such a Unique Film
Featurette: John Badham on WEST SIDE STORY
Trailer: West Side Story - Trailer
Featurette: Actress Rita Moreno on Breaking All the Rules in WEST SIDE STORY
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