01756cgm a2200313 4500 489319392 TxAuBib 20210225120000.0 981113t19981961||||||||||||||||||v|und|u TxAuBib eng West side story [DVD] / United Artists ; directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; a Robert Wise production ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; presented by Mirisch Pictures, Inc. in association with Seven Arts Productions, Inc. Widescreen version. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [1998] ©1961. 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Based on the stage play produded by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince ; book by Arthur Laurents. Includes original theatrical trailer. Video release of the 1961 motion picture. Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; film editor, Thomas Stanford ; choreography, Jerome Robbins ; music conducted by Johnny Green. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakaris. This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets. Not rated. 20210225. Academy Award, Best Picture, 1961. Gangs Drama. First loves Drama. Musical films.