2. YEAR:1961 DIRECTOR :Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins SCRIPTWRITER
:Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents ORIGINAL LANGUAGE :English AWARDS
:10 Oscars THEATRE VERSION :Year: 1957 Location: where is the film
set? The film is set on the West Side of New York City. Time: when
is it set? The action takes places in the 1950s. 3. STORY The two
opposite bands
In the West Side of New York there are two bands of teenage
boys, the Sharks and the Jets.
The Sharks are teenagers from Puerto Rico whose leader is
Bernardo.
The Jets are American teenagers.
The Jets do not accept the immigrants (the Sharks) and both
groups fight to demostrate who is better and stronger.
4. WEST SIDE STORY Amor sin barreras
Maria (Bernardo's sister) falls in love with Tony (Member of
the Jets) and their forbidden love provokes a war on the
streets.
5. ACTORS 6. MAIN CHARACTERS
Natalie Wood
Richard Beymer
Rita Moreno
George Chakiris
Russ Tamblyn
7. Soundtrack What kind of music? This film is a musical and the
soundtrack is very complete. There are a lot of kinds of music:
drama, romantic, funny,...
