West Side Story (1961)
| Release Date | 18 October 1961 |
| Budget | $6,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $44,000,000 |
| Tagline | "BEST PICTURE!" Winner of 10 Academy Awards! - 1961 (post-Oscar) |
| Genre | Musical, Romance, Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | 10th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Sound Mix | 4-Track Stereo, 70 mm 6-Track, Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Musical Drama, Musical Romance, Juvenile Delinquency Film |
| Mood | High on Emotion, In the Mood for Love |
| Themes | Star-Crossed Lovers, Street Gangs, Feuds, Death in the Family, Immigrant Life, Inner City Blues |
| Tones | Stirring, Bittersweet, Passionate, Poignant, Stylized |
| Tags | Forbidden Love, Gang War, Girlfriend, Immigrant, Kill, Puerto Rican [nationality], Rival, Showdown, Street Gang, Teenagers, Tenement |
West Side Story is a 1961 musical film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. It is an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, which itself was adapted from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris, and it was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C., in Super Panavision 70.
Cast and Crew
Cast
William Bramley
Krupke
Carole D'Andrea
Velma
Jose De Vega
Chino
Jay Norman
Pepe
Eddie Verso
Juano
Jaime Rogers
Loco
Larry Roquemore
Rocco
Robert E. Thompson
Luis
Nick Navarro
Toro
Rudy Del Campo
Del Campo
Andre Tayir
Chile
Suzie Kaye
Rosalia
Joanne Miya
Francisca
Jimmy Bryant
Tony
Priscilla Lopez
Child extra
Lou Ruggiero
Police Officer #3
Lee Theodore
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Betty Wand
Anita
Director
Writer
Ernest Lehman
Arthur Laurents
Producer
Saul Chaplin
associate producer
Walter Mirisch
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Daniel L. Fapp
Editor
Thomas Stanford
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Production Designer
Boris Leven
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Set Decorator
Victor A. Gangelin
Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Emile LaVigne
makeup artist
Alice Monte
hair stylist
Production Manager
Allen K. Wood
production manager
Hubert Fröhlich
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert E. Relyea
assistant director
Jerome M. Siegel
second assistant director
Art Department
Sam Gordon
property master
Maurice Zuberano
production artist
Leon Harris
production illustrator
William Maldonado
construction coordinator
Sound Department
Fred Lau
sound
Gilbert D. Marchant
sound editor
Murray Spivack
sound
Vinton Vernon
sound
Richard Gramaglia
sound mixer
Fred Hynes
sound recording supervisor
Gordon Sawyer
sound supervisor
Visual Effects
Saul Bass
visual consultant
Linwood G. Dunn
photographic effects
Stunts
Eli Bo Jack Blackfeather
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Linwood G. Dunn
title photographer
John Finger
camera operator: title sequence
Ernst Haas
still photographer
Louis Kulsey
dolly grip: title sequence
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bert Henrikson
wardrobe
Editorial Department
Marshall M. Borden
assistant editor
Music Department
Richard Carruth
music editor
Saul Chaplin
music supervisor
Johnny Green
music supervisor, conductor
Irwin Kostal
music supervisor, orchestrator
Sid Ramin
orchestrator, music supervisor
Robert Tucker
vocal coach
Betty Walberg
music assistant
Jack Dumont
musician
Walter A. Gest
production music playback operator
Red Mitchell
musician
Albert T. Viola
musician
Other Crew
Margaret Banks
dance assistant
Saul Bass
title designer
Robert E. Griffith
stage producer
Howard Jeffrey
dance assistant, assistant choreographer: Mr. Robbins
Stanley Scheuer
script supervisor
Roger L. Stevens
produced by arrangement with
Hal Bell
assistant choreographer
John Flynn
script supervisor
Gerald Freedman
assistant: Mr. Robbins
Peter Gennaro
co-choreographer
Eliot Hyman
production executive
George Lake
assistant stage manager: stage production
Harold Mirisch
production executive
Marvin Mirisch
production executive
Howard Newman
press representative
Arthur Rubin
assistant stage manager: stage production
Wallace Siebert
assistant: Mr. Gennaro
Ray Stark
production executive
Lee Theodore
assistant choreographer
Production Company
Mirisch Corporation, The
Seven Arts Productions
Distributor
United Artists
Rank Filmes de Portugal
United Artists Films
United Artists
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Argentina Video Home
Chapel Distribution
Cine Qua Non Films
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Criterion Collection, The
FS Film Oy
MGM Home Entertainment
,
Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
Nelonen
Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland
Scanvideo
Warner Bros.
Warner Home Vídeo
Special Effects
Film Effects of Hollywood
Miscellaneous
Stalmaster-Lister Co.
casting
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