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West Side Story (1961) [NR]

Release Date:
December 13, 1961

Original Title:
West Side Story

Alternate Titles:
Amor Sem Barreiras
Amor, Sublime Amor
West Side Story (Amor sin barreras)
Γουέστ Σάιντ Στόρυ
เวสต์ไซด์สตอรี่
ウエスト・サイド物語
ウエスト・サイド物語：1961
西城故事
웨스트 사이드 스토리

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Seven Arts Productions
The Mirisch Company

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  BR: L  CA: PG  DE: 12  ES: 7  FR: U  GB: PG  HU: KN  IE: PG  KR: All  MX: A  NL: 6  PL: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 151

The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.

Overview from TheMovieDB

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.

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American Film Institute (AFI)
1998
#41 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES
100 Greatest American Movies Of All Time
2002
#3 		100 Years: 100 PASSIONS
100 Greatest Love Stories Of All Time
2004
#20 		100 Years: 100 SONGS
100 Greatest American Movie Music
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2004
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100 Greatest American Movie Music
“America”
2004
#59 		100 Years: 100 SONGS
100 Greatest American Movie Music
“Tonight”
2006
#2 		100 Years: MUSICALS
25 Greatest Movie Musicals Of All Time
2007
#51 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
100 Greatest American Films Of All Time

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Production

Assistant Director:
Robert E. Relyea

Assistant Editor:
Marshall M. Borden

Associate Producer:
Saul Chaplin

Casting:
Lynn Stalmaster

Choreographer:
Jerome Robbins

Conductor:
Johnny Green

Costume Design:
Irene Sharaff

Director:
Jerome Robbins
Robert Wise

Director of Photography:
Daniel L. Fapp

Editor:
Thomas Stanford

Executive Producer:
Walter Mirisch

Hairdresser:
Alice Monte

Lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim

Makeup Artist:
Emile LaVigne

Music Editor:
Richard Carruth

Music Supervisor:
Saul Chaplin
Johnny Green
Sid Ramin
Irwin Kostal

Musical:
Arthur Laurents

Orchestrator:
Irwin Kostal
Sid Ramin

Original Music Composer:
Leonard Bernstein

Original Story:
William Shakespeare

Other:
Tony Mordente
Tommy Abbott
Betty Walberg
Howard Jeffrey
Margaret Banks
Saul Bass

Producer:
Robert Wise

Production Artist:
Maurice Zuberano

Production Design:
Boris Leven

Production Manager:
Allen K. Wood

Property Master:
Sam Gordon

Screenplay:
Ernest Lehman

Script Supervisor:
Stanley K. Scheuer

Second Assistant Director:
Jerome M. Siegel

Set Decoration:
Victor A. Gangelin

Songs:
Leonard Bernstein

Sound:
Vinton Vernon
Fred Lau
Murray Spivack

Sound Editor:
Gilbert D. Marchant

Theatre Play:
Jerome Robbins

Title Designer:
Saul Bass

Visual Effects:
Linwood G. Dunn

Vocal Coach:
Bobby Tucker

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Bert Henrikson

Writer:
Stephen Sondheim
Arthur Laurents

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