Buoyed by Robert Wise's dazzling direction, Leonard Bernstein's score, and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics, West Side Story remains perhaps the most iconic of all the. 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. A showdown is inevitable, but love gets in the way when Jets member Tony. 'West Side Story' Review: Sharks vs.

The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below. West Side Story is a magnificent show, a milestone in movie musicals, a box-office smash. It is so good that superlatives are superfluous.

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With Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris, and was photographed. Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. With Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Visually, West Side Story is a treat.

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While the audience's focus is undoubtedly on the soundtrack, Wise and cinematographer Daniel L. Some scenes were shot on location, but most of the work was done on. The film's screenplay is expected to hew more closely to the Broadway script than to.

West Side Story is a magnificent show, a milestone in movie musicals, a box-office smash. It is so good that superlatives are superfluous. The social message is the whole point of the movie; it is a modern day Romeo and Juliet, where the boy and girl, due to their social backgrounds, are NOT supposed to be together but fall in love anyway. The cast of West Side Story.