West side story / 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.

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.

Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	United Artists Corporation (Production personnel) Mirisch Pictures (Production personnel) Seven Arts Productions (Production personnel) MGM Home Entertainment Inc (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Wise, Robert, 1914-2005 (Director) Robbins, Jerome (Director) Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 (Screenwriter) Sondheim, Stephen (Lyricist) Green, Johnny, 1908-1989 Wood, Natalie (Performer) Beymer, Richard, 1939- (Performer) Tamblyn, Russ (Performer) Moreno, Rita (Performer) Chakiris, George (Performer) Laurents, Arthur (Librettist) Fapp, Daniel Stanford, Thomas Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [1998], ©1961.
Edition:	Widescreen version.
Subjects:	Gangs > Drama. First loves > Drama.
Genre:	Feature films. Musical films. Teen films. DVD-Video discs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Fiction films.