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West side story / presented by Mirisch Pictures, Inc. in association with Seven Arts Productions Inc. ; directed by Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 034 622
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Laurents, Arthur. West Side story, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- First loves.
- Gangs.
- New York (State).
- Gangs--New York (State)--Drama.
- First loves--Drama.
- New York (N.Y.)--Drama.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Musical films.
- Romance films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- 50th anniversary edition.
- Distribution:
- Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2012]
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, CA : Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, [2012]
- Language Note:
- In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish; optional subtitles in Spanish.
- Open-captioned in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.20:1 aspect ratio) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital (English); Dolby Digital mono (dubbed French, dubbed Spanish).
- digital optical stereo Dolby Digital
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- The greatest story ever told in the most acclaimed musical of all time! Experience every sensational song, dazzling dance number and magical movie moment of West Side Story in this 50th Anniversary Edition! This electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York.
- Participant:
- Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakriris.
- Credits:
- Choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; music conducted by Johnny Green ; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; film editor, Thomas Stanford ; music editor Richard Carruth.
- Notes:
- Based upon the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens. Book by Arthur Laurents.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
- Special features: Music machine: Overture; Prologue; Jet Song; Something's Coming; Dance at the Gym - Blues; Dance at the Gym - Promenade/Mambo/Pas de Deux/Jump; Maria; America; Tonight; Gee, Officer Krupke; Entr'acte (Intermission); I Feel Pretty; One Hand, One Heart; Quintet; The Rumble; Somewhere; Cool; A Boy Like That/I Have a Love; Finale; End Credits.
- Academy Award, 1961: Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Art Direction (Color), Cinematography (Color), Costume Design (Color), Directing, Film Editing, Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture), Sound.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780883904282
- 0883904284
- OCLC:
- 824621940
- Publisher Number:
- 883904284307
- 883904284314
- M128430 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- M128431 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Online:
- View cover art
- URL imdb.com
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