West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp in Super Panavision 70. The music was composed by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
West Side Story (1961)
Directed by Jerome Robbins / Robert Wise
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Budget
$6,000,000
Box Office
$44,132,334
Themes
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Art/Music, Attempted Rape, Best Picture, Feud, Forbidden Love, Highway, Immigrant, Interracial Relationship, Juliet, Lifting Female In Air, Love At First Sight, Modern Day Adaptation, Obsessive Love, Policeman, Puerto Rican, Rivalry, Romeo, Shakespeare In Modern Dress, Showdown, Slum, Street Gang, Young Love
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Based On: West Side Story
Filming Location: New York City
Narrative Location: New York City
Subject: forbidden love
Filming Location: New York City
Narrative Location: New York City
Subject: forbidden love
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