West Side Story (4, 10) Movie CLIP America (1961) HD
West Side Story movie clips: j. mp, 1LkjWFw BUY THE MOVIE: j. mp, 16TMZIG Don t miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: CLIP DESCRIPTION: Anita (Rita Moreno) sings about the great land of America. FILM DESCRIPTION: Romeo and Juliet is updated to the tenements of New York City in this Oscarwinning musical landmark. Adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Broadway production, the movie opens with an overhead shot of Manhattan, an effect that director Robert Wise would repeat over the Alps in The Sound of Music four years later. We are introduced to two rival street gangs: the Jets, secondgeneration American teens, and the Sharks, Puerto Rican immigrants. When the war between the Jets and Sharks reaches a fever pitch, Jets leader Riff (Russ Tamblyn) decides to challenge the Sharks to one last winner take all rumble. He decides to meet Sharks leader Bernardo (George Chakiris) for a war council at a gymnasium dance; to bolster his argument, Riff wants his old pal Tony (Richard Beymer), the c
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