West Side story / Mirisch Pictures presents a Robert Wise production ; presented by Mirisch Pictures, Inc., in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins.
Edition:
50th anniversary ed.; Blu-ray+DVD combo.
Publisher:
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
2 Blu-ray discs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.)
Based upon the stage play by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; book by Arthur Laurents. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961. Special features: "Pow! The dances of West Side story" in-movie viewing mode; song specific commentary by lyricist Stephen Sondheim; music machine; "A place for us: West Side story's legacy"; Creation and innovation; "A timeless vision"; "West Side memories"; storyboard-to-film comparison montage. 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 contains West Side story digitally restored in standard definition, and music machine. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.
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.
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