Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other title: | West Side memories.
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| Other uniform titles: | Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
Robbins, Jerome.
Wood, Natalie.
Beymer, Richard, 1939-
Tamblyn, Russ.
Moreno, Rita.
Chakiris, George.
Fapp, Daniel.
Stanford, Thomas.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Sondheim, Stephen.
Sharaff, Irene.
Leven, Boris.
Laurents, Arthur. West Side Story.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.
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| Other authors / contributors: | United Artists Corporation.
Mirisch Corporation.
Seven Arts Productions.
Beta Productions (Firm)
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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| ISBN: | 0792855019
9780792855019
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| Notes: | Accompanied by a Collectible scrapbook including Ernest Lehman introduction; film script; original lobby brochure reproduction; behind-the-scenes memos.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
Based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens; book by Arthur Laurents; play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
Special features: Disc 1: feature film; original film intermission music (option to play with or without intermission) -- Disc 2: "West side memories" retrospective documentary containing Natalie Wood's original vocal recordings and new interviews with cast and crew including Robert Wise and Stephen Sondheim (56 min.); original film intermission music; storyboard-to-film comparison; original release trailers and behind-the-scenes photos.
Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; costume designer, Irene Sharaff ; production designer, Boris Leven ; choreographer, Jerome Robbins ; music conductor, Johnny Green.
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
English, French or Spanish dialogue, optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
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| 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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| Target Audience: | Not rated.
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| Awards: | Academy Awards, USA; 1962, Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (George Chakiris); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Rita Moreno); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin); Best Cinematography, Color (Daniel L. Fapp); Best Costume Design, Color (Irene Sharaff); Best Director (Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins); Best Film Editing (Thomas Stanford); Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal); Best Picture (Robert Wise); Best Sound (Fred Hynes, Gordon Sawyer)
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| Standard no.: | 027616884343
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| Publisher's no.: | 1004353 MGM Home Entertainment
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