DVD : West Side Story (Full Screen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WOOD,NATALIE
EAN: 9780792858522
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0792858522
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2003
Running Time: 152 minutes
Sales Rank: 844
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1961
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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 in the movie "Hook," started a race war with "The Jets" (Tony's old click after serving time with the Bloods) and to further complicate the scene enters a barely legal Maria, the young street walking sister of Rufio. Tony paid for Maria's services at a fair price but because he wasn't included in the act, Rufio felt cheated. As we know from the film "Hook," Rufio was quite skilled with the sword and took out Tony's Capo Riff (played by Russ Tamblyn) in a knife fight which drew Tony back into the gang. In the end, Tony, a well known history buff, finally realizes ... Read More
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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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this product is great! i had no problems at all, and it was shipped to me in a very timely manner.
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starring: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno
directed by: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WOOD,NATALIE
EAN: 9780792858522
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0792858522
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2003
Running Time: 152 minutes
Sales Rank: 844
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1961
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