Description
Garnering a total of ten Academy Awards - including Best Picture of 1961 - West Side Story set a brilliant standard for movie musicals that remains unsurpassed to this day. Directed by
Robert Wise and
Jerome Robbins from Ernest Lehman's spectacular screenplay, the film combines the unforgettable score ("Maria", "America", "Somewhere", "Tonight") of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim with Robbins' exuberant choreography to create a transcendent fusion of realism and fantasy that will forever be a feast for the eye, the ear, and ultimately, the heart. A triumph on every level, this electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in the slums of 1950's New York. Starring
Natalie Wood,
Richard Beymer,
Russ Tamblyn and - in Supporting Actor Oscar-winning roles -
Rita Moreno and
George Chakiris, it remains "one of the most popular film musicals in history" (CineBooks Motion Picture Guide).
Details
Catalogue Number: 15930SDW
Rating: 
Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean
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- Actors: Richard Beymer, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn, Natalie Wood
- Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
- Distributor: Fox Home Entertainment
- Studio: United Artists
- Feature:
- Theatrical Trailer
- Booklet
- Audio:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- German Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
- French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
- Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
- Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
- English
- French
- Subtitles: English for the Hearing Impaired, German, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: PAL
- Layers: 2
- Release Year: 1961
- Running Time: 192 minutes
- Sides: 1
- Transfer Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Availability
Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.
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