West Side Story (4/10) Movie CLIP - America (1961) HD
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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Anita (
Rita Moreno) sings about the great land of
America.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Romeo and Juliet is updated to the tenements of
New York City in this Oscar-winning musical landmark. Adapted by
Ernest Lehman from the
Broadway production, the movie opens with an overhead shot of
Manhattan, an effect that director
Robert Wise would repeat over the
Alps in
The Sound of Music four years later. We are introduced to two rival street gangs: the Jets, second-generation
American teens, and the
Sharks,
Puerto Rican immigrants. When the war between the Jets and Sharks reaches a fever pitch, Jets leader
Riff (
Russ Tamblyn) decides to challenge the Sharks to one last "winner take all" rumble. He decides to meet Sharks leader Bernardo (
George Chakiris) for a war council at a gymnasium dance; to bolster his argument, Riff wants his old pal
Tony (
Richard Beymer), the cofounder of the Jets, to come along. But Tony has set his sights on vistas beyond the neighborhood and has fallen in love with Bernardo's sister,
Maria (
Natalie Wood), a love that, as in Romeo and Juliet, will eventually end in tragedy. In contrast to the usual slash-and-burn policy of
Hollywood musical adaptations, all the songs written by
Leonard Bernstein and
Stephen Sondheim for the original Broadway production of West Side Story were retained for the film version, although some alterations were made to appease the Hollywood censors, and the original order of two songs was reversed for stronger dramatic impact. The movie more than retains the original choreography of
Jerome Robbins, which is recreated in some of the most startling and balletic dance sequences ever recorded on film. West Side Story won an almost-record ten
Oscars, including
Best Picture, supporting awards to Chakiris and Rita Moreno as Bernardo's girlfriend, Anita, and
Best Director to
Robbins and
Wise. Richard Beymer's singing was dubbed by
Jimmy Bryant, Natalie Wood's by
Marni Nixon (who also dubbed
Audrey Hepburn in
My Fair Lady), and Rita Moreno's by
Betty Wand. The film's
New York tenement locations were later razed to make room for
Lincoln Center.
CREDITS:
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MGM (1961)
Cast: Jose De
Vega, Jay
Norman, Jaime
Rogers,
Larry Roquemore,
Robert E.
Thompson, Gus Trikonis,
Eddie Verso, Rita Moreno, Marni Nixon
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Producers:
Saul Chaplin, Robert Wise,
Walter Mirisch
Screenwriters: Ernest Lehman,
Arthur Laurents,
William Shakespeare, Jerome Robbins
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