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West side story / MGM/UA Home Video ; United Artists ; 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.
LIBRA DVD Judaica 526
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sheldon, Harvey (donor) (Storage copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen version.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA. : MGM/UA Home Video, [1998, c1961]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- Optional English or French subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital; English 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of gang warfare in the slums of New York in the 1950s.
- Participant:
- Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; production designed by Boris Leven ; music conducted by Johnny Green ; orchestrations, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
- Based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
- Special features: Newly restored from the original 65 mm elements; dual layer for interruption-free playback; 8-page booklet; original theatrical trailer; scene selection.
- Notes, partial credits, and stills from the film on container.
- "A Robert Wise Production."
- "A Beta Production."
- Publisher's number: ML102175.
- "Academy Award Winner, Best Picture, 1961"--Container.
- Local Notes:
- Storage copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.
- Contains:
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story.
- ISBN:
- 0792829269
- OCLC:
- 40309949
- Publisher Number:
- 027616673329
- 906773 MGM DVD
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