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2022 Winner AFI Award. Movie of the Year. WEST SIDE STORY leaps into American film history a complete original - while standing tall upon stories foundational to the human experience. Steven Spielberg leads with love and forges his position as our greatest modern master, seeking out and soaring above new challenges and assembling a creative ...
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At the 79th Golden Globe Awards, it received four nominations and three wins, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
1962 Winner Oscar. Best Director. Robert Wise. Jerome Robbins. For the first time a directing award is being shared. 1962 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Ernest Lehman. 6 more. BAFTA Awards. 1963 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Film from any Source. USA. Directors Guild of America, USA.
A 1961 musical film adaptation, co-directed by Robert Wise and Robbins, was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won ten, including Best Picture. A 2021 film adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with six additional nominations, winning one Oscar.
West Side Story was nominated for several awards and won accolades from various organizations, critics' groups and circles, particularly in recognition of the cast's performances, Spielberg's direction, Kushner's screenplay, and the film's production merits.
Dec 3, 2021 · Few films have ever won more Oscars than the 1961 musical “West Side Story,” which claimed 10 trophies including best picture and a supporting-actress award for Rita Moreno.
At the 94th Academy Awards, the film has received seven nominations, including Best Picture. It became the second adaptation of the same source material for a previous Best Picture winner to be nominated for the same award after 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty.
