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West Side Story 151 minutes, UK/USA (1961), PG
(4.0)
Rating: 4.0 Stars
Our rating:
Average user rating (4.7 / 189 votes)
Natalie Wood in West Side Story

A doomed love affair plays out against the backdrop of 1950s New York gang tensions in this classic musical take on 'Romeo And Juliet'

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West Side Story: West Side Story is one of those musicals everyone purports to love, but which doesn't often see the light of day. Some auspicious names are attached to its production: it's directed by choreographer Jerome Robbins and Citizen Kane editor Robert Wise (brought in to execute the non-dance parts), and the songs are by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim...
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