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
Jerome Robbins
Self (1960 interview) (voice) (archive footage)
Arthur Laurents
Self
Stephen Sondheim
Self
Hal Prince
Self (as Hal Prince)
Greg Lawrence
Self
Walter Mirisch
Self
Robert Wise
Self
Richard Beymer
Self
Robert E. Relyea
Self (as Robert Relyea)
Tony Mordente
Self
Rita Moreno
Self
Russ Tamblyn
Self
Harvey Evans
Self (as Harvey Hohnecker)
Howard Jeffrey
Self (archive footage)
Saul Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Daniel L. Fapp
Self (archive footage)
Robert Banas
Self
Bert Michaels
Self
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