West Side Story

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With a Spielberg remake in the offing, the film lovers who voted for West Side Story (13%) could not have chosen a better year to rediscover this masterpiece. New York, Jets versus Sharks, incredible performances by George Chakiris and Natalie Wood, and ten Oscars: for the man who brought us E.T., it will be a tough act to follow. "Mariaaa… Mariaaa, Maria, Maria…".

Two persons who took part in the vote to choose the films of this section will introduce the movie.

Genre Cinema (II) supported by ECAB :

fiction
USA |
1961 | 153 min. | Colour

Language: English | Spanish
Subtitles: French | German

Screenplay

Ernest Lehman

Arthur Laurents

Cinematography

Daniel L. Fapp

Editing

Thomas Stanford

Music

Leonard Bernstein

Sound

Fred Lau

Murray Spivack

Vinton Vernon

Cast

Natalie Wood

Richard Beymer

Russ Tamblyn

Rita Moreno

George Chakiris

Production

Saul Chaplin

Robert Wise

The Mirisch Corporation

Print Contact

Park Circus Limited

Jerome Robbins

Robert Wise

Jerome Robbins

1944 Begin as a choreographer

1937 Begin as a dancer

Robert Wise

1966 The Sound of Music (Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director)

1963 The Haunting

1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still

1944 Co-directed: The Curse of the Cat People (first of 42 features)

1941 Editor: Citizen Kane

Genre Cinema (II): Audience Choice

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