BP010 West Side Story (1961)

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and
Tom Salinsky


Episode 10: West Side Story (1961)


Released 6 June 2018.


For this episode, we watched West Side Story, directed by Jerome
Robbins and Robert Wise, with a screenplay by Ernest Lehmann from
the stage musical produced by Hal Prince, directed by Robbins,
book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim. The cast includes Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer,
Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn.


West Side Story was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won
ten including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor
(Chakris), Best Supporting Actress (Moreno) and Best Music.


Cher – West Side Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhIgvqEHRo



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