In an attempt to end the struggles and wars between their families, a couple, Maria and Tony, who are deeply in love with each other, struggle against ending that war, in order to marry each other, but incidents come to climax, when they do so, as their families begin a bloody and violent war against each other.
22 December 1943, New York City, New York, USA
1 April 1906, Radom, Mazowieckie, Poland
30 December 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 December 1931, Humacao, Puerto Rico
4 January 1940, Jacksboro, Texas, USA
3 November 1924, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 August 1937, Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
16 September 1935, Ariton, Alabama, USA
21 November 1937, New York City, New York, USA
19 December 1945, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
August 6, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA
November 6, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA
4 November 1934, Waco, Texas, USA
20 July 1938, San Francisco, California, USA
29 March 1938, New York, New York, USA
26 February 1948, The Bronx, New York, USA
21 September 1937, USA
22 September 1933, New York City, New York, USA
16 September 1934, Norwood, Ohio, USA
21 April 1927
30 March 1930, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
7 January 1941, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
January 27, 2014
Ten well-deserved Oscars -- plus a special award for Jerome Robbins's dynamic choreography -- adorned this electrifying and moving version of the magnificent Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim musical.November 16, 2011
Special mention, though, should go to Boris Leven's neo-expressionist production design and Daniel L Fapp's forceful cinematography: the crooked angles, pointed shadows and great swashes of red all heighten the mood of rabid fury.February 18, 2009
Unhappily, the film shares a serious flaw in the essential conception of the show; both are founded on a phony literary analogy and on some potentially vicious pseudo-sociology.March 02, 2015
Natalie Wood, who was made a hit in the Kazan-Inge production of Splendor In the Grass and is the most promising young star of today, gives a fine dramatic performance.February 09, 2007
Decent 1961 adaptation of the Bernstein-Robbins musical, if you can handle Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood in the leads.April 22, 2012
Even though I had to play it for my high school choir, I was never a fan of the music. Everything else - the cinematography, choreography and story are all pretty stellar.February 22, 2012
You have to admire the way every aspect of the film works toward the emotional impact.August 04, 2012
[VIDEO ESSAY] Indisputably the greatest musical ever made, "West Side Story" (1961) has sadly proven socially timeless regarding America's eternally troubled immigrant experience.August 24, 2013
for all of its silliness for today, is still an epic filmDecember 29, 2011
West Side Story remains one of the best musicals of all-time.February 20, 2013
West Side Story is a beautifully-mounted, impressive, emotion-ridden and violent musical which, in its stark approach to a raging social problem and realism of unfoldment, may set a pattern for future musical presentations.January 26, 2006
How does the film -- which won ten Oscars on its 1961 release -- stand up now? Very well indeed.