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Title West Side story [videorecording] / Mirisch Pictures presents a Robert Wise production in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. ; screenplay writer, Ernest Lehman ; directors, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins.

Imprint Santa Monica, Calif : MGM Home Entertainment, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD West    ---  Available
Edition Standard version.
Description 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince and the book by Arthur Laurents; play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
Special features: Original theatrical trailer.
Credits Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; costume designer, Irene Sharaff ; production designer, Boris Leven ; choreographer, Jerome Robbins.
Cast Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chikiris.
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.
Audience Not rated by the MPAA.
System Details DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Region 1 encoding.
Language English, French or Spanish dialogue ; English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Awards 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)
Subject DVD-Video discs.
First loves -- Drama.
Gangs -- New York (State) -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Beymer, Richard, 1939-
Chakiris, George, 1934-
Griffith, Robert E.
Laurents, Arthur, 1917-2011.
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Leven, Boris, 1908-1986.
Moreno, Rita, 1931-
Prince, Harold, 1928-2019.
Robbins, Jerome, 1918-1998.
Tamblyn, Russ, 1934-
Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
Wood, Natalie.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
Mirisch Pictures (Firm)
Seven Arts Productions.
ISBN 0792858522
Standard No. 027616898807
Music No. 1005613 MGM Home Entertainment

 
    
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