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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
United Artists ; directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman.
Based on the stage play by Leonard Bernstein.
Videodisc release of the 1961 motion picture.
Special features: Original theatrical trailer.
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakaris.
Closed-captioned. In English, with optional subtitles in English and French.
Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Thomas Stanford ; music, Leonard Bernstein ; costumes, Irene Sharaff.
Academy Awards, 1962: Best Motion Picture (Robert Wise, producer), Best Directing (Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (George Chakiris {"Bernardo"}), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Rita Moreno {"Anita"}), Best Art Direction (Color) (Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin), Best Cinematography (Color) (Daniel L. Fapp), Best Costume Design (Color) (Irene Sharaff), Best Film Editing (Thomas Stanford), Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) (Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal), Best Sound (Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director)