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West Side Story: Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. With Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
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- Crime, Drama, Musical
- Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
- 1961-12-23
West Side Story. Wood played Maria, a restless Puerto Rican girl on the West Side of Manhattan, in West Side Story, Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise's 1961 film of the stage musical, which was a critical and box-office success.
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.
Mar 22, 2023 · When the late Natalie Wood was hired to do "West Side Story," she believed she'd (mostly) be singing the role of Maria. She knew that singer Marni Nixon, who had dubbed Deborah Kerr's...
But it's West Side Story that most movie fans think of when they look back on her tragically abbreviated career: her white dress at the dance when she first meets Tony, her girlish delight in...
Natalie Wood on Making West Side Story with Co-Director Jerome Robbins - YouTube. American Film Institute. 329K subscribers. Subscribed. 161. 10K views 3 years ago. SUBSCRIBE to this...
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Wood's next important film was West Side Story (1961), where she played Maria, a restless Puerto Rican girl. Wood was once again called to represent the restlessness of youth, this time in a story involving youth gangs and juvenile delinquents.
