West side story [videorecording] /United Artists, Mirsch, Seven Arts ; produced by Robert Wise ; directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman.
Contributor(s): Wise, Robert | Laurents, Arthur | Wood, Natalie | Beymer, Richard | Tamblyn, Russ | Moreno, Rita | Chakiris, George | Bernstein, Leonard | Sondheim, Stephen | MGM/UA Home Video (Firm).
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Visual materialPublisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1988Description: 1 videocassette (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Subject(s): Musical films | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction | Feature filmsVHS Hi-fi stereo.
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris.
Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director, Robert Wise; Best Choreography, Jerome Robbins; Best Cinematography; Best Supporting Actress, Rita Moreno; Best Supporting Actor, George Chakiris
Photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; production design, Boris Leven ; film editor, Thomas Stanford ; choreography, Jerome Robbins ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics, Stephen Sondheim.
Based on the play by Arthur Laurents, after Shakespeare.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
General.
For private home use only.
Updates the classic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, set in the late 1950's in a New York ethnic street gang exposé.
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