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West Side Story -
Special Limited Editon DVD Collector's Set
Leonard Bernstein's classic street-wise musical, a modern-day "Romeo
and Juliet," stars Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood as doomed lovers
caught up in the violence of rival street gangs. Co-stars Rita Moreno,
Russ Tamblyn, Simon Oakland. Songs include "Maria," "Somewhere,"
"I Feel Pretty," "Something's Coming." Winner of
10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry of American
Film.
DVD (2 Discs)
- Disc 1:
- New English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio (Closed-captioned),Dolby
Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.
- Option to play feature with or without intermission
- Disc 2:
- "West Side Memories": 1-hour retrospective documentary
containing Natalie Wood's original vocal recordings and new interviews
with the cast and crew, including Robert Wise and Stephen Sondheim
- Original film intermission music, restored and remixed in 5.1 surround
- Storyboard-to-film comparison
- Original release trailers and behind-the-scenes photos, plus production
design and storyboard galleries
- Collectible Scrapbook:
- Ernest Lehman introduction
- Complete copy of the working film script
- Reproduction of the original lobby brochure
- Behind-the-scenes memos plus film reviews from 1961
- Widescreen anamorphic format
Curator's Comments:
Read
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director: Robert Wise
and Jerome Robbins
Color
151 minutes
Released: 1961
Rated: NR
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English/Spanish (Closed-captioned) see Disc 1 description
for additional languages
Genre: Musical, Romance, Drama
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