West Side story: [videorecording] /: Mirisch Pictures presents a Robert Wise production in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; screenplay writer, Ernest Lehman ; directors, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins.

Name: West Side story [videorecording] / Mirisch Pictures presents a Robert Wise production in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; screenplay writer, Ernest Lehman ; directors, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins.
Description: 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.

Lehman, Ernest,; Wise, Robert,; Robbins, Jerome.; Wood, Natalie.; Beymer, Richard,; Tamblyn, Russ.; Moreno, Rita.; Chakiris, George.; Bernstein, Leonard,; Leven, Boris.; Griffith, Robert E.; Prince, Harold,; Laurents, Arthur.; Mirisch Pictures (Firm); Seven Arts Productions.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.

West Side story [videorecording] / Mirisch Pictures presents a Robert Wise production in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; screenplay writer, Ernest Lehman ; directors, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins.

Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.; Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.; Robbins, Jerome.; Wood, Natalie.; Beymer, Richard, 1939-; Tamblyn, Russ.; Moreno, Rita.; Chakiris, George.; Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.; Leven, Boris.; Griffith, Robert E.; Prince, Harold, 1928-2019.; Laurents, Arthur.; Mirisch Pictures (Firm); Seven Arts Productions.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.

2003

PN1997 .W47 2003

Available at DVDs

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Title

West Side story [videorecording] / Mirisch Pictures presents a Robert Wise production in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; screenplay writer, Ernest Lehman ; directors, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins.

Uniform Title

West Side story (Motion picture)

Edition

Standard version.

ISBN

0792858522

Publication Details

Santa Monica, Calif : MGM Home Entertainment, c2003.

Language

English

Language Note

English, French or Spanish dialogue ; English, French or Spanish subtitles.

Description

1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Item Number

027616898807

Call Number

PN1997 .W47 2003

Dewey Decimal Classification

791.43/72

Distributor No.

1005613 MGM Home Entertainment

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.

Note

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
Based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince and the book by Arthur Laurents; play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
Special features: Original theatrical trailer.

Access Note

Authorized for private home use only.

Credits

Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; costume designer, Irene Sharaff ; production designer, Boris Leven ; choreographer, Jerome Robbins.

Performer

Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chikiris.

Cast

Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chikiris.

Audience

Not rated by the MPAA.

System Details Note

DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Region 1 encoding.

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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