West Side Story (2021) (original) (raw)

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love, and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love, and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. (less)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Tony Kushner, Arthur Laurents
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno, Brian d'Arcy James
Producer: Steven Spielberg

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Winner
Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Ariana DeBose	2021
Nominee
Academy Awards	Best Picture		2021
Golden Globe Awards	Best Director	Steven Spielberg	2021
Academy Awards	Best Director	Steven Spielberg	2021
Academy Awards	Best Cinematography	Janusz Kaminski	2021

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 3, 2021

8 / 10

Steven Spielberg has been making movies with defined rhythm for decades now, but he�s never gone all-in with a musical before. Sure, there�s the crackerjack opening of 1984�s �Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,� and some sections of 1979�s �1941� certainly feel the beat, but Spielberg has avoided making full contact with a Broadway adaptation. And now he�s finally ready to put on a show, taking on �West Side Story,� with the 1957 Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim/Arthur Laurents creation previously realized in a beloved, Academy Award-winning 1961 Robert Wise film. There�s a lot of pressur ...read more...

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