Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love. Westside story is the award winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliette. The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love. Maria and Tony begin meeting in secret, planning to run away. Then the Skarks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway - whoever wins gains control of the streets. Maria sends Tony to stop it, hoping it can end the violence. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending.
Directors:
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Writers:
Ernest Lehman (screenplay), Arthur Laurents (book), and 2 more credits
Stars:
Natalie Wood, George Chakiris and Richard Beymer | See full cast and crew
Cast overview, first billed only:
Natalie Wood
Maria
Richard Beymer
Tony
Russ Tamblyn
Riff
Rita Moreno
Anita
George Chakiris
Bernardo
Simon Oakland
Schrank
Ned Glass
Doc
William Bramley
Krupke
Tucker Smith
Ice
Tony Mordente
Action
David Winters
A-rab
Eliot Feld
Baby Joh
Bert Michaels
Snowboy
David Bean
Tiger
Robert Banas
Joyboy
Plot Keywords:
Love | Gang | New York City | Puerto Rican | Dance
Taglines:
The Screen Achieves One of the Great Entertainments in the History of Motion Pictures
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Musical | Romanc
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Details
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Release Date:
23 December 1961 (Japan)
Also Known As:
Amor sin barreras
Filming Locations:
110th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)
Gross:
$43,656,822 (USA)
Company Credits
Production Co:
Mirisch Corporation, The, Seven Arts Productions, Beta Productions
Technical Specs
Runtime:
152 min
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints)
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
 Also Known As: Amor sin barreras Country: USA Language: English | Spanish Watch trailors){kind=link}
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