West Side story / directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; presented by Mirisch Pictures, Inc. ; in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; a Robert Wise production.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:West Side story (Motion picture : 1961). Polyglot.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Laurents, Arthur (Author)
Corporate Authors: Mirisch Production Company
Seven Arts Productions
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Wise, Robert, 1914-2005 (Director, Producer)
Robbins, Jerome (Producer)
Griffith, Robert E. (Producer)
Prince, Harold, 1928-2019 (Producer)
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 (Screenwriter)
Sondheim, Stephen (Screenwriter)
Wood, Natalie (Actor)
Beymer, Richard, 1939- (Actor)
Tamblyn, Russ (Actor)
Moreno, Rita (Actor)
Chakiris, George (Actor)
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Language:English
French
Spanish
Dutch
Portuguese
German
Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Chinese
Danish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Blu ray disc: English, dubbed Spanish, or dubbed French soundtracks; with optional French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, German, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese, or Danish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
DVD: English, dubbed Spanish, or dubbed French soundtracks; with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011], ©2011.
Edition:Fiftieth anniversary edition; limited edition; widescreen version; [Blu-ray+DVD combo].
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Gangs > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
First loves > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
First loves.
Gangs.
Man-woman relationships.
New York (State) > New York.
Genre:
Drama.
Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc DVD CD

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