Buoyed by Robert Wise's dazzling direction, Leonard Bernstein's score, and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics, West Side Story remains perhaps the most iconic of all the Shakespeare adaptations to visit the big screen.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Jerome Robbins , Robert Wise -
Producer -
Robert Wise -
Screenwriter -
Jerome Robbins , Arthur Laurents , Ernest Lehman -
Distributor -
United Artists -
Production Co -
United Artists , Beta Productions , Mirisch Films -
Genre -
Musical -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 18, 1961, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 20, 2015 -
Runtime -
2h 31m -
Sound Mix -
Stereo , Magnetic Stereo 6 Track -
Aspect Ratio -
70mm