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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   27,690 votes
MOVIEmeter: ?
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Writers:
Ernest Lehman (screenplay)
Arthur Laurents (book)
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Release Date:
23 December 1961 (Japan) more
Genre:
Tagline:
"BEST PICTURE!" Winner of 10 Academy Awards! - 1961 (post-Oscar) more
Plot:
Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 10 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
A shame that it's not in the top 250. more (261 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
West Side Story (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
West Side Story (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Amor Sem Barreiras (Portugal) [pt]
Amor sin barreras (Argentina) [es]
Amor, Sublime Amor (Brazil) [pt]
Bati yakasinin hikayesi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Sippur Ha-Parvarim (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
West Side Story (Denmark) [da]
West Side Story (Poland) [pl]
West Side Story (Finland) [fi]
West Side Story (Spain) [es]
West side monogatari (Japan) [ja]
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Runtime:
152 min
Country:
Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #19949) | West Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:MG6 | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 (re-rating) (1970) | Sweden:15 (original rating) | Ireland:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Peru:PT | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Russ Tamblyn (Riff) was dubbed for "The Jet Song" by Tucker Smith, who played Ice, his lieutenant in the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, behind the first close-up of Riff on the playground, snapping his fingers, you can see a young boy riding his bike behind Riff, the boy wasn't there in the previous shot (from above). more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[the Jets dance across the streets of New York, eventually coming to a playground where they toss around a basketball. The ball is intercepted by Bernardo, leader of the Sharks]
Riff: [snaps fingers at Bernardo] Come on.
[Bernardo drops the ball, Riff picks it up]
Riff: Beat it.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Severo Ochoa: La conquista de un Nobel (2001) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
America more

FAQ

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38 out of 59 people found the following comment useful.
A shame that it's not in the top 250., 19 May 2002
9/10
Author: Matt from Arlington, TX

One of the truly great musicals of all time, its a shame that those who do not care for musicals have to vote to bring it down. If you do not care for musicals, then you should not vote a "1" just because you do not like ALL musicals.

That aside, a great musical score with a great story to back it up. Leonard Bernstein out does himself in this movie. This is definetly a movie to see; an classic for all time. Like its trailer says, "West Side Story does not grow old."

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