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

Contributor Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.

Edition Statement:Collector's set, Special edition ; widescreen version (2.20:1 : 16X9)

Imprint:[Unites States] : MGM Home Entertainment, 1961, 2003.

Description2 videodiscs ( 152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. +; 1 collectible scrapbook.

Note:Information from pre-release promotional materials: release date April 11. 2003.

Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.

Note:Based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince and the book by Arthur Laureents ; play concieved, directed and choreographed by by Jerome Robbins.

Note:Special features: Disc 1: feature fil; original film intermission music (option to play with or without intermission) -- Disc 2: "West side memories" retrospective documentary containing Natalie Wood's original vocal recordings and new interviews with cast and crew including Robert Wise and Stephen Sondheim ; original film internmission music ; storyboard -to-film comparison ; original release trailers and behind-the-scenes photos.

Note:Collectible scrapbook includes Ernest Lehman introduction ; film script ; original lobby brochure reproduction ; behind the scenes memos.

Note: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 Direction, 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).

Note:This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the the Jets, in New York of the 1950's. A young woman who is the sister to the sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.

Note : PerformerNatalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.

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