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Genres:
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Musical /
Romance /
Drama
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Actors:
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Ned Glass,
George Chakiris,
David Winters,
Bert Michaels,
Tucker Smith,
Eliot Feld,
David Bean,
Robert Banas,
Natalie Wood,
Richard Beymer,
Russ Tamblyn,
Rita Moreno,
Simon Oakland,
William Bramley,
Tony Mordente
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Duration:
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147 min.
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Rating:
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(7.8/10)114
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Plot Summary:
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Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, WEST SIDE Untruth earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for A- Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Impression. Realistically portrayed characters and their surroundings and championship editing complementing innovative dance sequences quality this highly stylised modern-day Romeo and Juliet tale. The stage is set in New York's Characters upper class West Side in the 1950s, where the area's slums are plagued about racial tensions acted on close two rival gangs: the Puerto Rican Sharks and the Caucasian Jets. In th... e middle of this predicament is puerile, harmless Maria (Natalie Wood), a Puerto Rican seamstress whose kinsman, Bernardo (George Chakiris), is the leader of the Sharks. In the face the warnings of Anita (Rita Moreno), Bernardo's glowing girlfriend, Maria falls in love with a children, optimistic Lustre boy, Tony (Richard Beymer), who used to be a part of to the Jets, now headed before Riff (Russ Tamblyn). When Tony, on Maria's urging, tries to stop a rumble between the gangs, tragedy ensues, marking their dedicated have sex event with virulence and rashness. The contagious, lyrical landmark score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim help round to one of the greatest musical experiences even captured on cloud.
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A film about musicals more than anything else
A simply unbelievable transfer of a broadway hit onto screen and I can't really say much more other than in the musical genre this is one of the very best that I've seen. The part of Tony was pretty wooden but apart from the dancing, score and sets were amazing. All I'd heard before watching this was that it was Romeo And Juliet set in New York but it's far more than that. Immigration, corruption, racism, mixed race relationships, social disorder, rape and love are all mixed in, however this film is about musicals first and foremost and is definitely one of the best of this kind that I've seen, far better than Singin' In The Rain
Fair's Fair
If you haven't seen this great film, don't argue, just order it and sit back for some great entertainment - Leonard Bernstein for the music, Steven Sondheim for the lyrics, and Earnest Lehman for the words - come on, it doesn't get better. BUT the lovely sounds you hear as Natalie Wood sings the classic songs - no it's not her - the beautiful voice you hear is Marni Nixon - and she doesn't even get a credit ! Look up her incredible bio on the internet, unsung heroine - to Hollywood's shame, quite the reverse.
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