Released thru United Artists/MGM (1961)
2hrs 31min with no intermission
Starring
Natalie Wood (sung by Marni Nixon), Richard Beymer (sung by Jimmy Bryant), Russ Tamblyn, Rita
Moreno (sung by Betty Wand) and George Chakiris
with Simon Oakland, Tommy Abbott, John Astin, Robert Banas,
William Bramley, Jimmy Bryant, Rudy Del Campo,
Nich Covvacevich, Jose de Vega
and Eliot Feld as Baby John
Directed by: Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
WEST SIDE STORY Score Composed by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Producer and Director: Robert Wise
Screenwriter: Ernest Lehman
Cinematography by Daniel L. FappFilmed in SuperPanavision - a Magnetic Multitrack Stereo Print
Presented in
®
and
6 Channel Total Surround MegaSound
Academy Awards - 1961
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay (n): Ernest Lehman
Best Art Direction: Victor A. Gangelin, Boris Leven
Best Cinematography: Daniel L. Fapp
Best Costume Design: Irene Sharaff
Best Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Best Editing: Thomas G. Stanford
Best Score: Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Irwin Kostal, Sid Ramin
Best Sound: Gordon Sawyer
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris
Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno
Academy Award Nomination: Ernest LehmanAmerican Film Institute - 1998
100 Greatest American Movies
British Academy Awards 1962
Best Film - Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Directors Guild of America 1961
Best Director - Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Golden Globe 1962
Best Film (Musical/Comedy)
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle 1961
Best Direction: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Best Film: Robert Wise
Best Screenwriting: Ernest Lehman