West Side Story 

1961. USA. Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. Mirisch Pictures/United Artists. Produced by Robert Wise. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the Broadway musical by Robbins, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein. With Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris. Winner of 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this modern-day retelling of Romeo and Juliet transforms New York City into a glorious musical stage set, from the Saul Bass title sequence and famous opening helicopter shots to the tenement streets of Robbins’ brilliantly balletic song sequences. 151 min.