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VHS : West Side Story
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: West Side Story
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starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
directed by: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792837619
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0792837614
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: January 06, 1998
Running Time: 151 minutes
Sales Rank: 5930
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1961



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Description:
This brilliant (The New Republic) film sets the ageless story of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and scripted by Ernest Lehman, the film combines Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's unforgettable score ( Maria, America, 'somewhere, 'tonight ) with Robbins own exuberant choreography to achieve an exhilarating work of art (Saturday Review). A love affair is fated for tragedy amidst the vicious rivalry of two street gangsthe Jets and the Sharks. When Jets member Tony (RichardBeymer) falls for Maria (Natalie Wood), the sister of the Sharks leader, it's more than these two warring gangs can handle. And as mounting tensions rise, a battle to the death ensues, and innocent blood is shed in a heartbreaking finale.

Amazon.com essential video:
The winner of 10 Academy Awards, this 1961 musical by choreographer Jerome Robbins and director Robert Wise (The Sound of Music) remains irresistible. Based on a smash Broadway play updating Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to the 1950s era of juvenile delinquency, the film stars Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer as the star-crossed lovers from different neighborhoods--and ethnicities. The film's real selling points, however, are the highly charged and inventive song-and-dance numbers, the passionate ballads, the moody sets, colorful support from Rita Moreno, and the sheer accomplishment of Hollywood talent and technology producing a film so stirring. Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim wrote the score. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - What mirror, where?
Sorry, didn't get it. Not my cup of tea. I think you have to be either a card carrying member AARP or you know, appreciate of the arts to enjoy this sing songy blah blah blah movie with no explosions or sex scenes. I'm neither.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - greatest American musical
What can I say? The movie is the best and this boxed set has a book with lyrics and pictures and inside information.Marvelous for us singers!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - When you're a jet, you're a jet all the way, from your first cigarette to your last dying day...
West Side Story (Special Edition DVD Collector's Set)
This is the story of Tony Montana when he was a small time hoodlum running wild on the streets of NYC. Tony, after years of knife fighting and ballet dancing, decides to legitimize his illegitimate business by working at Doc's candy store which was really a facility used to launder money. Tony was trying to save some cash to make the big move down to Florida where he would later become the kingpin of the cocaine trade. Tony's mother insisted on a well cultured child therefore he was forced at a young age to perform with the New York City Boys and Girls Club Ballet Team. Basically, a group of future criminals, these fellas would dance the streets at night and swing at the fences during the day. It was a very bizarre scene but Leonard Bernstein really captured the historical accuracy of the gang. A group of Spanish ruffians led by Rufio, who later appeared ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - a masterpiece of music and dance!
Based on Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet and set in modern New York with rival gangs. This is a great musical! Bernstein's score is a masterpiece of vocal and instrumental arrangements! The sets are a masterpiece of colour and design! The dancing is glorious! The singing is passionate! And it has a raw yet romantic feel. The director has captured a unique and surreal world and has created what I consider the most extraordinary dramatic musical ever made!





 

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