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About
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
Theatrical
Dec 13, 1961
Box Office
$43.7M
Budget
$6.0M
Return
7.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 20, 1998
Theaters
4
Directors
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
Seven Arts Productions, The Mirisch Company, Robert Wise Productions
Keywords
slum
new york city
street gang
love at first sight
showdown
immigrant
highway
forbidden love
musical
rivalry
feud
interracial relationship
based on play or musical
tragic love
attempted rape
policeman
obsessive love
lifting female in air
young love
modern day adaptation
romeo & juliet
music and dance
romantic
tragic
Quotes
See all →Conflict and Love in West Side Story
Quotes about West Side Story
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[[Auroral Levins Morales; https://compass.fivecolleges.edu/object/smith:1342645 Oral History Interview]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cultural Identity and School Experiences in Chicago
Quotes about West Side Story
Got to Chicago, got to this high school. People actually sang the song from West Side Story, “Puerto Rico, my heart’s devotion, let it sink into the ocean,” at me in the halls of the school. I thought I was privileged to come from where I came from. It was made clear to me very quickly that it was an embarrassing thing I shouldn’t talk about, and I saw the distinction between the children of South American engineers and the daughter of a working-class Puerto Rican woman. I hated being in school.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →N
Natalie Wood
Maria
R
Richard Beymer
Tony
R
Russ Tamblyn
Riff
R
Rita Moreno
Anita
G
George Chakiris
Bernardo
S
Simon Oakland
Schrank
N
Ned Glass
Doc
W
William Bramley
Krupke
T
Tucker Smith
Ice
T
Tony Mordente
Action
D
David Winters
A-rab
B
Bert Michaels
Snowboy
D
David Bean
Tiger
R
Robert Banas
Joyboy
S
Scooter Teague
Big Deal
H
Harvey Evans
Mouthpiece
G
Gina Trikonis
Graziella
C
Carole D'Andrea
Velma
J
Jose De Vega
Chino
G
Gus Trikonis
Indio
