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West side story [videorecording (DVD)] United Artists ; Mirisch Pictures in association with Seven Arts Productions ; produced by Robert Wise ; directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman.

Wise, Robert, 1914- (Added Author). Robbins, Jerome (Added Author). Wood, Natali (Added Author). Beymer, Richard, 1939- (Added Author). Tamblyn, Russ (Added Author). Moreno, Rita (Added Author). Chakiris, George (Added Author). Bernstein, Leonard, 1918- (Added Author). Sondheim, Stephen (Added Author). Laurents, Arthur. West side story (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Romeo and Julie (Added Author). Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris. (Cast).

Summary:

Updates the classic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, set in the late 1950s in a New York ethnic street gang exposé.

Record details

  • ISBN: (v.r.)
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
  • Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [1998], c1961.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Disc label title.
Digital video disc (DVD).
Based on the book by Arthur Laurents, the play conceived by Jerome Robbins and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
Includes original theatrical trailer.
Accompanying booklet includes scene selection index and programme notes.
"MGM DVD".
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; production design, Boris Leven ; film editor, Thomas Stanford ; choreography, Jerome Robbins ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics, Stephen Sondheim.
Participant or Performer Note:
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.
Target Audience Note:
CHV rating: PG.
Classement CV: DP.
Not rated.
System Details Note:
NTSC 1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director, Robert Wise; Best Choreography, Jerome Robbins; Best Cinematography; Best Supporting Actress, Rita Moreno; Best Supporting Actor, George Chakiris
Subject: Gangs > New York (NY) > Fiction
Musical film
Feature film
Video recordings for the hearing impaire
New York (NY) > Fictio

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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