West Side story / directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; a Robert Wise production.

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A modern version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set amid gang warfare in New York City in the late 1950's, taking place in New York City's predominantly Puerto Rican West Side.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Mirisch Pictures
Seven Arts Productions
MGM/UA Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Wise, Robert, 1914-2005
Robbins, Jerome
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Sondheim, Stephen
Wood, Natalie
Beymer, Richard, 1939-
Tamblyn, Russ
Moreno, Rita
Chakiris, George
Laurents, Arthur
Language:English
Published: [Culver City, Calif.] : MGM/UA Home Video, [1991], [©1991]
Subjects:
Feature films.
Musical films.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (2 hr., 34 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A modern version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set amid gang warfare in New York City in the late 1950's, taking place in New York City's predominantly Puerto Rican West Side.
Note:Feature film.
Originally produced as motion picture, filmed in Panavision 70, by Mirisch Pictures and Seven Arts Productions in 1961.
Based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince, which, in turn, was based on: West Side story / Arthur Laurents.
Digital sound, Dolby surround.
Technicolor.
LaserVision.
Issued also as cassette (VHS or Beta).
"ML102175"--Videodisc labels.
Videorecording.
Call Number:M1503.B53 W4 1991 Video (12 inch) disc
ISBN:0792806980
9780792806981
Credits:Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp; choreography, Jerome Robbins; costume design, Irene Sharaff; production design, Boris Leven; film editor, Thomas Stanford; music, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Green.
System Details:Laser disc - requires a laser disc player to view.
Cast:
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.