West Side story /
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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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English French German Italian Spanish Danish Dutch Finnish Greek, Modern (1453- ) Hebrew Hungarian Norwegian Portuguese Swedish Turkish |
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[United Kingdom] :
MGM Home Entertainment,
[2003]
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
| Series: | MZ1 ;
15930CDVD. |
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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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| Item Description: | 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. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961. 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; production design and storyboard montage gallery; behind the scenes photo gallery; original trailers |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (approximately 2 hr., 26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, PAL region 2; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; widescreen (2.13:1) |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| 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) |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; choreographer, Jerome Robbins. |