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About the original West Side Story film
Alternative titles (from Letterboxd): ウエスト・サイド物語, 西城故事, Amor, Sublime Amor, 웨스트 사이드 스토리, Γουέστ Σάιντ Στόρυ
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West Side Story plot from IMDb: "Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy."
The trailer can be found online.
Cast and Characters (from Wiki):
Main cast:
Natalie Wood as Maria
Marni Nixon as Maria's singing voice
Richard Beymer as Tony
Jimmy Bryant as Tony's singing voice
Russ Tamblyn as Riff
Tucker Smith as Riff's singing voice for "Jet Song"
Rita Moreno as Anita
Betty Wand as Anita's singing voice for "A Boy Like That"
George Chakiris as Bernardo
Simon Oakland as Police Lieutenant Schrank
Ned Glass as Doc
William Bramley as Police Sergeant Krupke
Uncredited:
John Astin as Glad Hand
Penny Santon as Madam Lucia
Jets
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
Harvey Evans (Harvey Hohnecker) as Mouthpiece
Tommy Abbott as Gee-Tar
Jet girls
Susan Oakes as Anybodys
Gina Trikonis as Graziella
Carole D'Andrea as Velma
Uncredited:
Rita Hyde d'Amico as Clarice
Pat Tribble as Minnie
Francesca Bellini as Debby
Elaine Joyce as Hotsie
Sharks
Jose De Vega as Chino Martin
Jay Norman as Pepe
Gus Trikonis as Indio
Eddie Verso as Juano
Jaime Rogers as Loco
Larry Roquemore as Rocco
Robert Thompson as Luis
Nick Covacevich as Toro
Rudy Del Campo as Del Campo
Andre Tayir as Chile
Shark girls
Yvonne Wilder as Consuelo
Suzie Kaye as Rosalia
Joanne Miya as Francisca
Uncredited:
Maria Jimenez Henley as Teresita
Luci Stone as Estella
Olivia Perez as Margarita
Directed by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman
Based on West Side Story by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Produced by Robert Wise
Cinematography: Daniel L. Fapp
Edited by Thomas Stanford
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Production companies: Mirisch Pictures, Seven Arts Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date: October 18, 1961
Running time: 152 minutes
Budget: $6.75 million
Box office: $44.1 million
West Side Story Soundtrack Songs:
"Overture" – Orchestra
"Prologue" – Orchestra
"Jet Song" – Riff and Jets
"Something's Coming" – Tony
"Dance at the Gym: (Blues, Promenade, Mambo, Cha-cha, and Jump)" – Orchestra
"Maria" – Tony
"America" – Anita, Bernardo, Sharks and Girls
"Tonight" – Tony and Maria
"Gee, Officer Krupke" – Riff and Jets
"Maria (violin)" – Orchestra
"I Feel Pretty" – Maria, Consuelo, Rosalia, and Francisca
"One Hand, One Heart" – Tony and Maria
"Tonight Quintet" – Maria, Tony, Anita, Riff, Bernardo, Jets, and Sharks
"The Rumble" – Orchestra
"Somewhere" – Tony and Maria
"Cool" – Ice and Jets
"A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" – Anita and Maria
"Somewhere" (reprise) – Maria
"Finale" – Orchestra