West Side story

West Side story [videorecording] / director, Robert Wise; director, Jerome Robbins; producer, Robert Wise; writer, Ernest Lehman. - MGM Home Entertainment, 2003. - 2 videodiscs (151 min.) : col. - 023100

Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English). Made in 1961. Based on the Broadway production/William Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet'. Credits: music, Leonard Bernstein; music, Stephen Sondheim; cinematographer, Daniel L. Fapp; voice, Marni Nixon. DVDS.

Contents: Jet song / Russ Tamblyn/Jets - Something's coming / Richard Beymer - Dance at the gym / Jets/Sharks/girls - Maria / Richard Beymer - America / Rita Moreno/Chakiris/Sharks - Tonight / Richard Beymer/Natalie Wood - Gee, Officer Krupke! / Russ Tamblyn/Jets - I feel pretty / Natalie Wood - One hand, one heart / Richard Beymer - Quintet / Rita Moreno/Beymer/Wood - The rumble / Jets/Sharks - Cool / Tucker Smith/Jets - Backs to the wall / Rita Moreno - I have a love / Natalie Wood - Somewhere / Richard Beymer/Natalie Wood.

Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Ned Glass, John Astin, Bill Bramley, Simon Oakland, Tony Mordente.

Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer star in this Academy Award-winning musical drama adapted from the Broadway stage show. A neighbourhood in Manhattan, New York, provides the setting for a love affair between Tony (Beymer) and Maria (Wood), a young man and woman caught on opposite sides of a gang war. Maria is the sister of Bernardo (George Chakiris), leader of the Sharks, and Tony is the best friend of Riff (Russ Tamblyn), leader of the Jets. The two gangs are sworn enemies, and nothing Maria or Tony can say will dissuade them from the violence which leads to the film's heartbreaking finale. The film won ten Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Score.

BBFC code: PG.


DVD.

Retail / Rental (£19.99)

5050070010657

15930CDVD MGM Home Entertainment


Feature : Musical