Cat. No. DVD 1375: WEST SIDE STORY ~ NATALIE WOOD / RICHARD BEYMER / RUSS TAMBLYN. 20TH CENTURY FOX / MGM 15930SDG.
WIDESCREEN 16:9 ASPECT RATIO (2.20:1). AUDIO: DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1. DUAL LAYERED.
FORMAT: PAL. REGION: 4. COLOUR. RUNNING TIME: 146 MINS.
REVIEW: Garnering a total of ten Academy Awards – including Best Picture of 1961 – West Side Story set a brilliant standard for movie musicals that remains unsurpassed to this day. The film combines the unforgettable score (“Maria”, “America”, “Somewhere”, “Tonight”) of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim with Jerome Robbins’ exuberant choreography to create a transcendent fusion of realism and fantasy that will forever be a feast for the eye, the ear and, ultimately the heart. A triumph on every level, this electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in the slums of 1950’s New York.
SPECIAL FEATURES: *Newly remastered from the original 65mm elements *New Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack *Dual layer for interruption-free playback.
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