West Side Memories
Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was reared and molded into a beautiful cinematic one. Deep-dives into Jerome Robbins' choreography and Leonard Bernstein's score-making processes.
Cast
Arthur Laurents
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Stephen Sondheim
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Tony Mordente
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Robert Banas
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Hal Prince
Self (as Hal Prince)
Jerome Robbins
Self (1960 interview) (voice) (archive footage)
Walter Mirisch
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Rita Moreno
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Russ Tamblyn
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Saul Chaplin
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Daniel L. Fapp
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Robert Wise
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Richard Beymer
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Harvey Evans
Self (as Harvey Hohnecker)
Bert Michaels
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