West side story / United Artists ; directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; a Robert Wise production ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; presented by Mirisch Pictures, Inc. in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc
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Details
- Edition
- Widescreen version.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([8] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
- System Details
- DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
- Note
- Based on the stage play produded by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince ; book by Arthur Laurents.
- Cast
- Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakaris.
- Credits
- Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; film editor, Thomas Stanford ; choreography, Jerome Robbins ; music conducted by Johnny Green.
- Note
- Videodisc release of the 1961 motion picture.
- Awards
- Academy Award, Best Picture, 1961.
- Note
- "Theatrical release format enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.
- Includes original theatrical trailer.
- Audience
- Not rated.
- 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.
- Contents
- Audio CD: California dreamin' / The Mamas & the Papas -- It's my party / Lesley Gore -- Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye / Steam -- Wild thing / The Troggs -- Baby love / Diana Ross & the Supremes -- I can't help myself (sugar pie honey bunch) / Four Tops -- My girl / The Temptations -- Wooly bully / Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs.
- Language
- English dialogue with optional subtitles in English and French.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Note
- GMD: videorecording.
- Subject
- Gangs -- Drama.
- First loves -- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Musical films.
- Musicals -- Film adaptations.
- Films for the hearing impaired.
- Added Author
- Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
- Robbins, Jerome.
- Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
- Sondheim, Stephen.
- Wood, Natalie.
- Beymer, Richard, 1939-
- Tamblyn, Russ.
- Moreno, Rita.
- Chakiris, George.
- Laurents, Arthur.
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.
- United Artists Corporation.
- Mirisch Pictures.
- Seven Arts Productions.
- MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
- ISBN
- 0792829269
- Standard No.
- 027616673329
- Music No.
- 906733 MGM Home Entertainment