West Side Story
A city divided. Their love will challenge everything.
Country
Production
Budget
$100 000 000
Revenue
$76 016 171
Director
Actors
Scenario
Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents
Producer
Steven Spielberg, Kevin McCollum, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Daniel Lupi, Tony Kushner, Rita Moreno, Adam Somner
Operator
Composer
Artist
Adam Stockhausen, W. Steven Graham, Rachel Nemec
Audition
Cindy Tolan, Zoraida Sanjurjo López
Editing
Short description
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is dedicated to Steven Spielberg's father, Arnold Spielberg, an electrical engineer and World War II veteran, who passed away from natural causes at the age of 103 in 2020, the year the film was scheduled for release.
- When casting the film, Steven Spielberg insisted that all Latin American characters be played by actors of Latin American descent.
- Mike Faist lost 15 kg, imitating the members of 1950s youth gangs whose photographs he came across while preparing for the role.
- Lyricist Stephen Sondheim passed away on November 26, 2021, just days before the musical's premiere. However, he managed to see the final version of the film and even said he liked it more than Robert Wise's original from 1961 (Wise, 1914-2005).
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