West Side Story (1961) 1961 Watch Free in HD

The tale of a turf war between rival teenage gangs in Manhattan';;s Hell';;s Kitchen and the two lovers who cross battle lines has captivated audiences for four decades. The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff';;s best friend Tony and Bernardo';;s younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love.

Genre:

Drama, Crime, Musical, Music

Actors:

Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland, Ned Glass, William Bramley, Tucker Smith, Tony Mordente, David Winters, ...»

Director:

Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise

Country:

United States

Release:

1961

IMDb:

7.6

Quality:

Duration:

153 min

Time Out

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.

November 16, 2011

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Time Out Chicago

You have to admire the way every aspect of the film works toward the emotional impact.

February 22, 2012

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Radio Times

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.

January 27, 2014

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Variety

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.

February 20, 2013

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Eclipse Magazine

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.

April 22, 2012

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Time Out

How does the film -- which won ten Oscars on its 1961 release -- stand up now? Very well indeed.

January 26, 2006

ColeSmithey.com

[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 04, 2012

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TIME Magazine

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.

February 18, 2009

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Chicago Reader

Decent 1961 adaptation of the Bernstein-Robbins musical, if you can handle Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood in the leads.

February 09, 2007

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Movie Metropolis

West Side Story remains one of the best musicals of all-time.

December 29, 2011

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7M Pictures

for all of its silliness for today, is still an epic film

August 24, 2013

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New York Daily News

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.

March 02, 2015

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