Filmklip offentliggjort på Jul 30, 2013
KLIP BESKRIVELSE:
Tony (Richard Beymer) og Maria (Natalie Wood) synge på balkonen.

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Romeo og Julie er opdateret til tenements af New York City i denne Oscar-vindende musical vartegn. Tilpasset af Ernest Lehman fra Broadway produktion, filmen åbner med en overhead skud af Manhattan, en effekt der direktør Robert Wise gentager over Alperne i The Sound of Music, fire år senere. Introduceres vi til to rivaliserende gadebander: Jets, anden generation amerikanske teenagere, og hajer, Puertoricanske indvandrere. Når krigen mellem Jets og hajer når en feber pitch, Jets leder Riff (Russ Tamblyn) beslutter at udfordre hajer til et sidste “vinderen tager alle” Rumble. Han beslutter sig at møde hajer leder Bernardo (George Chakiris) til Rådets krig på et gymnasium dans; at styrke sit argument, Riff ønsker hans gamle kammerat Tony (Richard Beymer), medstifter af jetfly, til at komme med. But Tony has set his sights on vistas beyond the neighborhood and has fallen in love with Bernardo’s sister, Maria (Natalie Wood), en kærlighed,, som i Romeo og Julie, til sidst vil ende i tragedie. In contrast to the usual slash-and-burn policy of Hollywood musical adaptations, all the songs written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim for the original Broadway production of West Side Story were retained for the film version, although some alterations were made to appease the Hollywood censors, and the original order of two songs was reversed for stronger dramatic impact. The movie more than retains the original choreography of Jerome Robbins, which is recreated in some of the most startling and balletic dance sequences ever recorded on film. West Side Story vandt en næsten-record ti Oscars, herunder bedste billede, supporting awards to Chakiris and Rita Moreno as Bernardo’s girlfriend, Anita, og bedste instruktør Robbins og kloge. Richard Beymer’s singing was dubbed by Jimmy Bryant, Natalie Wood’s by Marni Nixon (der også døbt Audrey Hepburn i My Fair Lady), and Rita Moreno’s by Betty Wand. The film’s New York tenement locations were later razed to make room for Lincoln Center.

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