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West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise.The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965).
The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, ... Best Director; West Side Story – Robert Wise, producer. Fanny – Joshua Logan, producer;
Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C. (April 21, 1904 – July 19, 1986) was an American cinematographer, best known as the director of photography for West Side Story (1961), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and The Great Escape (1963).
There may be a rumble among movie musical fans when Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake premieres in theaters on Dec. 10 — 60 years after the beloved 1961 version, co-directed by Robert ...
The 1961 film largely featured whites in brownface; even Puerto Rican Rita Moreno was forced to artificially darken her skin. But Steven Spielberg’s film features 20 Puerto Rican and numerous ...
Jay Norman as Pepe (on the left) in the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story with George Chakiris as Bernardo (centre) and Eddie Verso (Juano), right. Norman's professional journey began when he spent a summer dancing in the chorus of eight musicals at Pittsburgh’s summer theater.
When Steven Spielberg announced his plans to mount a new film adaptation of West Side Story, one thing everyone knew he would need is an amazing cast.A Romeo and Juliet story told in 1950s New ...