West Side Story (1961 Film)

  • West Side Story is a musical film that was released in October of 1961. It was first opened as a musical on Broadway in 1957, having been loosely adapted from William Shapespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It is the story of two young lovers, Maria (Natalie Wood) and Tony (Richard Beymer) who relationship is complicated by their association with rival New York gangs. It won 10 of the 11 Oscars that it was nominated for including Best Picture. http://www.netflix.com/Movie/West_Side_Story/1111583?mqso=80020215&partid=West_Side_Story

  • Plot Synopsis

    West Side Story, clearly a Romeo and Juliet themed modern day musical is set in New York. Instead of rival families, rival gangs attempt to divide two young lovers, Maria (Natalie Wood) whose brother Bernardo (George Chakiris) is the leader of the Sharks (Puerto Rican) and the boy she has fallen in love with Tony (Richard Beymer) a former gang member of the rival Jets.

  • Cast

    • Natalie Wood as Maria
    • Richard Beymer as Tony
    • Russ Tamblyn as Riff
    • Rita Moreno as Anita
    • George Chakiris as Bernardo
    • Simon Oakland as Lt. Schrank
    • Ned Glass as Doc
    • William Bramley as Officer Krupke
    • Tucker Smith as Ice
    • Tony Mordente as Action
    • David Winters as A-rab
    • Eliot Feld as Baby John
    • Bert Michaels as Snowboy
    • David Bean as Tiger
    • Robert Banas as Joyboy
    • Anthony 'Scooter' Teague as Big Deal (as Scooter Teague)
    • Harvey Evans as Mouthpiece (as Harvey Hohnecker)
    • Tommy Abbott as Gee-Tar
    • Susan Oakes as Anybodys
    • Gina Trikonis as Graziella
    • Carole D'Andres as Velma
    • Jose De Vega as Chino
    • Jay Norman as Pepe
    • Gus Trikonis as Indio
    • Eddie Verso as Juano
    • Jaime Rogers as Loco
    • Larry Roquemore as Rocco
    • Robert E. Thompson as Luis (as Robert Thompson)
    • Nick Navarro as Toro (as Nick Covacevich)
    • Rudy Del Campo as Del Campo
    • Andre Tayir as Chile
    • Yvonne Wilder as Cousuelo (as Yvonne Othon)
    • Suzie Kaye as Rosalia
    • Joanne Miya as Francisca

  • Reviews

    "What they have done with "West Side Story" in knocking it down and moving it from stage to screen is to reconstruct its fine material into nothing short of a cinema masterpiece." — Bosley Crowther New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/1961/10/19/arts/west-story-oscars.html

    "West Side Story" is a beautifully-mounted, impressive, emotion-ridden and violent musical which, in its stark approach to a raging social problem and realism of unfoldment, may set a pattern for future musical presentations." — Whitney Williams, Varietyhttp://www.variety.com/review/VE1117488055.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

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