Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
- Won 10 Oscars
- 31 wins & 11 nominations total
Anthony 'Scooter' Teague
- Big Deal
- (as Scooter Teague)
Harvey Evans
- Mouthpiece
- (as Harvey Hohnecker)
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- TriviaThe actors in the rival gangs were instructed to play pranks on each other off the set to keep tensions high.
- GoofsNear the end, when Maria yells "Don't you touch him!", two different voices can be heard at the same time in the first half of the phrase (in fact, this is singer Marni Nixon overdubbing for Natalie Wood).
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits; a stylized, tinted aerial still of Manhattan is shown as the overture plays. The background changes color as the themes change throughout the overture. As the overture ends, the tinting is blue, the title appears, and the shot segues to aerial photography of Manhattan streets and landmarks.
- Alternate versionsThe 1984 and 88 VHS releases in addition to the 1991 reissue had the 1982 United Artists logo plaster.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of West Side Story (2021)
Featured review
Nothing like it, before or since.
This masterpiece is already 56 years old and as it happens with masterpieces, it has kept intact all of its energy all of its power and it remains a mind blowing novelty. "Singin'n'the Rain" has those qualities but the setting is a natural for the infections musical numbers. In "West Side Story" we visit Romeo And Juliet in New York among feuding street gangs. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins create an experience for the ages. Natalie Wood is devastatingly gorgeous and even if the singing voice is not hers she manages to make it hers. The blandness of Richard Beymer works wonders for his Tony and Russ Tamblyn is a dynamo of youthful exuberance. But perhaps, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris steal the limelight. They are spectacular - As Oscar time they won Oscars over Judy Garland and Montgomery Clift in "Judgement At Nuremberg" To conclude let me reiterate "West Side Story" is a film to visit and revisit.
- janiceferrero
- Dec 9, 2017
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- Also known as
- Amor sin barreras
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $44,055,492
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $207,145
- Jun 24, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $44,134,757
- Runtime2 hours 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
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