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West Side story [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: M124523 | Metro Goldwyn MayerM124524 | Metro Goldwyn MayerLanguage: English, French, German, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2011.Edition: 50th anniversary edition; Blu-ray + DVDDescription: 3 videodiscs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • West Side story (Motion picture : 1961) Polyglot.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .W47 2011
Production credits:
  • Music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; play conceived, directed, and choreography by Jerome Robbins; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp; editor, Thomas Stanford.
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 Decoration, 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)
Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.Summary: This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00026 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050163383

Based upon the stage play by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; book by Arthur Laurents.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.

Blu-ray special features: [disc 1] Song-specific commentary by Stephen Sondheim; music machine; "Pow! the dances of West Side story" in-movie viewing mode. [disc 2] "A place for us: West Side story's legacy;" "West side memories;" storyboard-to-film comparison montage; trailers.

DVD special features include music machine.

Rating: Not rated.

Not rated by the MPAA.

Blu-ray: region A; widescreen 2.20:1; 1080p Hi-Def with DTS-HD 7.1 master audio, English 4.0, Spanishi Dolby digital 5.1, French and German 5.1 DTS; requires Blu-ray player.

DVD (NTSC, region 1); widescreen 2.20:1; Ennglish Dolby digital 5.1, Spanish and English mono.

Blu-ray (2 discs): English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles.

DVD: English, French or Spanish dialogue; Spanish subtitles.

English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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 Decoration, 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)

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