This guide is useful for exploring topics including performing arts, music and english in addition to highlighting themes surrounding community, gangs, gender, crime and justice. With a screenplay by ernest lehman, the film is an adaptation of the 1957 broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was inspired by william shakespeares play romeo and juliet. West side story 1961 nagrodzony 10cioma oscarami najslynniejszy musical w dziejach kina. Mar 02, 2009 west side story made its out of town debut in washington, d. Having said that, it still pulls off the odd trick or two that deviates from our. West side story 1961 is an energetic, widelyacclaimed, melodramatic musical a modernday, loose retelling of shakespeares romeo and juliet tragedy of feuding families, although the setting is the upper west side of new york city in the late 1950s with conflict between rival street gangs rather than families. With ansel elgort, rachel zegler, ariana debose, david alvarez. It is a classic love story about tony, who is a member of the jets, who falls in love with maria, who is the sister of a member of a rival gang called the sharks. In the middle of this mess is young, innocent maria, a puerto rican seamstress whose brother, bernardo, is. Nagrody dla filmu west side story 1961 nagrodzony 10cioma oscarami. A film guide that looks at west side story 1961, in which the classic love story of romeo and juliet is transported to 1950s new york in this hollywood musical. When west side story won 10 academy awards, that was back in a hollywood era during which movie musicals regularly garnered such acclaim. More differences another difference that i noticed was what they were fighting for in the outsiders, the two groups are fighting just to pretty much fight while in west side story, they fight for territory and girls some differences both of the stories include gangs, but in the.
West side story may be the only film where the closing credits are as moving as anything in the picture. West side story is a musical with book by arthur laurents, music by leonard bernstein and lyrics by stephen sondheim. See more ideas about west side story, west side story 1961 and west side story movie. A musical comedy set in the fastpaced, fastfood world of competing falafel stands on the west bank. Oct 17, 2011 west side story film still pretty, and witty, at 50 fifty years ago, the film version of the acclaimed broadway musical premiered in theaters across the country. The original west side story film, from 1961, was directed by jerome robbins and robert wise. In 1961, this movie adaptation of the broadway smashhit musical west side story broke box office records and won an incredible 10 academy awards, more than any other musical before or since. Ponadczasowa opowiesc o milosci romea i julii przeniesiona w realia amerykanskich przedmiesc lat 50tych. West side story is a beautifullymounted, impressive, emotionridden and violent musical which, in its stark approach to a raging social problem and realism of unfoldment, may set a pattern for. Steven spielberg and tony kushners west side story is. I saw it when originally released, then on 16mm, then on vhs, then on a rerelease on 70mm in the west end, then on dvd. Natalie wood byla jedna z najlepszych hollywoodzkich aktorek. Studio amblin oglosilo na twitterze, ze steven spielberg zakonczyl zdjecia do musicalu west side story.
Pierwszy rzut oka na west side story spielberga filmweb. Luckily for us, they found an entirely new way to tell the story of romeo and juliet. The sharks mostly recent puerto rican immigrants and the jets mostly second generation european immigrants circa 1960. West side story made its out of town debut in washington, d. It stars natalie wood, richard beymer, russ tamblyn, rita moreno, and george chakiris, and was. Debiutantka rachel zegler, ariana debose, david alvarez oraz josh andres rivera dolaczyli do obsady nowej wersji west side story. Ponadczasowa opowiesc o milosci romea i julii przeniesiona w realia amerykanskich. West side story 2020 informacje o filmie w bazie filmweb. Can the couples love withstand a 58yearold conflict. West side story has been one of my favourite films since it first appeared. Why the spielberg west side story might turn out ok. Mike faist, is a tony nominated actor from columbus, ohio. The show sold out, repeating its success so substantially in the subsequent philadelphia tryout that police were. Maria natalie wood is a young puerto rican girl whose love for the polishamerican tony richard beymer exacerbates.
Let it be noted that the film musical, the one dramatic. West side story movie souvenir programme program on. It was inspired by william shakespeares play romeo and juliet the story is set in the upper west side neighborhood in new york city in the mid 1950s, an ethnic, bluecollar neighborhood in the early 1960s, much of the neighborhood was cleared in an urban renewal project for. West side story is the musical adaptation of william shakespeares romeo and juliet. Ariana debose is an actress, known for west side story 2020, the prom 2020 and seaside 2018. Few american musicals have won more sustained audience devotion than west side story, the 1957 brainchild of an alljewish creative team. Although west side story was named the best picture of 1961 and won 10 academy awards, it is not much mentioned by movie fans these days, and the old warhorse singin in the rain is probably more seen and certainly better loved. Jej uroda sprawila, ze obsadzano ja w najlepszych rolach filmowych. West side story was the kind of musical people thought was good for them, a pious expression of admirable but unrealistic liberal sentiments, and certainly its. Sep 15, 2011 when west side story won 10 academy awards, that was back in a hollywood era during which movie musicals regularly garnered such acclaim. Jan 26, 2018 the original west side story film, from 1961, was directed by jerome robbins and robert wise.
Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Ending spoiler for west side story 1961, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Jan 29, 2018 few american musicals have won more sustained audience devotion than west side story, the 1957 brainchild of an alljewish creative team. Zdjecia do nowego west side story zakonczone filmweb. West side story is a 1961 american musical romantic drama film directed by robert wise and jerome robbins. Pelna obsada filmu west side story 1961 nagrodzony 10cioma oscarami. In the middle of this mess is young, innocent maria, a puerto rican seamstress whose brother, bernardo, is the leader of the sharks.
Back to the future, west side story, and more by willow hubsher aug 2, 2018 be sure to catch all these great titles before they leave hbo for good. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. Pelna obsada filmu west side story 1961 nagrodzony 10cioma oscarami najslynniejszy musical w dziejach kina. It stars natalie wood, richard beymer, russ tamblyn, rita moreno, and george chakiris, and was photographed. West side story film still pretty, and witty, at 50 fifty years ago, the film version of the acclaimed broadway musical premiered in theaters across the country. Ponadczasowa opowiesc o milosci romea i julii przeniesiona. The music box theater is at 3733 north southport in chicago. Our two leads are tony richard beymer, a member of the jets with a reputation for being loyal to his gang, and maria natalie wood, the sister of one shark and the fiance of another. West side story is groundbreaking in a lot of ways, but when it comes to delivering the information, it tends to rely on the triedandtrue technique of moving to the character we need to see when we need to see him or her, then moving back as the story demands. The stage is set in new yorks upper west side in the 1950s, where the areas slums are plagued by racial tensions acted on by two rival gangs. West side story is a magnificent show, a milestone in movie musicals, a boxoffice smash. Instead of fair verona, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean, its the mean streets of 1950s new york city, where young gangs rumble over the right to walk down the street.
The incredible saga of west side story broadway buzz. Spielberg kompletuje obsade west side story filmweb. Taking inspiration from shakespeares classic romance, romeo and juliet, west side story tells a tale of two lovers separated by their warring gangs the sharks and the jets. West side story film still pretty, and witty, at 50. Jun 21, 2010 for west side story 1961 return to the west side story main page. David, an israeli soldier, falls in love with fatima, a beautiful palestinian cashier, despite the animosity between their families dueling restaurants. Rita moreno aktorka majaca hiszpanskie korzenie, laureatka oskara, grammy, emmy i tommy award jako jedyna hiszpanska aktorka w historii zdobyla wszystkie te nagrody. I saw it when originally released, then on 16mm, then on vhs, then on a rerelease on 70mm in the westend, then on dvd. Mike dropped out of the conservatory he was attending after two semester and was selling tickets for off broadway plays.
Robert wise teamed up with legendary broadway directorchoreographer jerome robbins for the film version of the acclaimed stage musical that transposed the story of romeo and juliet to the modern age of new york street gangs. Now he is a working actor in the broadway show dear evan hansen. There are many different characters in the story to dress up as for halloween, a party or even. Oct 18, 2016 west side story is a magnificent show, a milestone in movie musicals, a boxoffice smash. West side story 1961 the feuding families become two warring new york city gangs the white jets led by riff and the puerto rican sharks, led by bernardo. Singing in the rain 1952 good morning yul brynner and deborah kerr perform shall we dance from the king and i duration. An adaptation of the 1957 musical, west side story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the jets and the sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
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