West Side story

Resource Information

The work West Side story represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

West Side story

Statement of responsibility

Mirisch Pictures presents a Robert Wise production ; presented by Mirisch Pictures, Inc., in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins

Creator

• West Side story (Motion picture)

Contributor

• MGM Home Entertainment Inc
• MGM Home Entertainment Inc
• Mirisch Production Company
• Mirisch Production Company
• Seven Arts Productions
• Seven Arts Productions
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
• Beymer, Richard, 1939-
• Beymer, Richard, 1939-
• Chakiris, George
• Chakiris, George
• Griffith, Robert E
• Griffith, Robert E
• Laurents, Arthur
• Laurents, Arthur
• Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
• Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
• Moreno, Rita
• Moreno, Rita
• Prince, Harold, 1928-2019
• Prince, Harold, 1928-2019
• Robbins, Jerome
• Robbins, Jerome
• Sondheim, Stephen
• Sondheim, Stephen
• Tamblyn, Russ
• Tamblyn, Russ
• Wise, Robert, 1914-2005
• Wise, Robert, 1914-2005
• Wood, Natalie
• Wood, Natalie

Subject

• Drama
• Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• First loves
• First loves -- Drama
• First loves -- Drama
• Gangs
• Gangs -- New York (State) -- Drama
• Gangs -- New York (State) -- Drama
• Musical films
• Musical films
• New York (State)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Musical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• fin
• fre
• ger
• nor
• por
• spa
• swe
• eng
• eng
• fre
• ger
• spa
• chi
• dan
• dut
• eng
• eng

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

Awards note

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)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; choreography by Jerome Robbins

Language note

• DVD: in English, French or Spanish with optional English (for the deaf and hard of hearing) or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned
• Blu-ray: in English, French, German, or Spanish with optional Chinese (simplified), Danish, Dutch, English (for the deaf and hard of hearing), Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Swedish subtitles

PerformerNote

Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris

Runtime

153

Technique

live action