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West Side Story is a 1961 film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. It is an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, adapted from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C. in Super Panavision 70. The action was filmed largely in Los Angeles on sets designed by Boris Leven, although the film's opening sequence was shot on the streets of New York... full article at wikipedia
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  • Oct 18, 1961
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  • The Screen Achieves One of the Great Entertainments in the History of Motion Pictures
  • Unlike other musicals 'West Side Story' grows younger!
  • The Screen Achieves One of the Great Entertainments in the History of Motion Pictures.
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  • 152.0min
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  • 6,000,000.0
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  • 1111583
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