West Side Story

West Side Story is a 1961 musical romantic drama film made in the United States. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, with a screenplay by Ernest Lehman. Leonard Bernstein composed the music, and Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics.

The film received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike, and it went on to become the highest-grossing film of 1961. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won ten of them, including Best Picture (along with a special award for Robbins), setting a record for the most wins for a musical. West Side Story is widely considered to be one of the greatest musical films of all time. The Library of Congress designated the film as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," and it was added to the United States National Film Registry in 1997.

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Directed by: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno

Release date: October 18, 1961

Running time: 152 minutes