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West Side Story tells the story of teenagers Tony (Ansel Elgort) and Maria (Rachel Zegler), who fall in love in 1950s New York City, despite having affiliations with rival street gangs, the Jets and Sharks. The film explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the gangs. Startattle.com – West Side Story 2021.
This romantic musical drama is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, which is based loosely on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The film is directed and co-produced by acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg, the director of notable films like Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones franchise, E.T., Empire of the Sun, Hook, the Jurassic Park franchise, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Munich, War Horse, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, The BFG, and Ready Player One. Its screenplay is written by Tony Kushner.
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story stars Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort as the film’s leads, alongside Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, as well as Rita Moreno, a star of the original 1961 film, appearing in a supporting role.
- Starring : Rachel Zegler / Ansel Elgort
- Genre : Crime / Drama / Musical / Romance
- Country : United States / Spain
- Language : English / Spanish
- Director : Steven Spielberg
- Production : 20th Century Studios / Amblin Entertainment
- Distributor : Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / 20th Century Studios / Walt Disney Studios Japan / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Argentina
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West Side Story release date
- December 9, 2021 : Germany
- December 9, 2021 : Singapore
- December 10, 2021 : Spain
- December 10, 2021 : UK
- December 10, 2021 : Sweden
- December 10, 2021 : USA
West Side Story cast
- Rachel Zegler as Maria
- Ansel Elgort as Tony
- Ariana DeBose as Anita
- David Alvarez as Bernardo
- Rita Moreno as Valentina
- Mike Faist as Riff
- Curtiss Cook as Abe
- Brian d’Arcy James as Officer Krupke
- Corey Stoll as Lieutenant Schrank
- Ezra Menas as Anybodys
- Ben Cook as Mouthpiece
- Sean Harrison Jones as Action
- Patrick Higgins as Baby John
- Paloma Garcia Lee as Graziella
- Maddie Ziegler as Velma
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West Side Story is produced by Kristie Macosko Krieger, Kevin McCollum, and Steven Spielberg. It is scheduled to be released by 20th Century Studios in US theaters nationwide on December 10, 2021.
Composer David Newman arranged and adapted Leonard Bernstein’s original score for the film. Meanwhile, the film’s choreography is by Justin Peck.
Filming took place in Harlem and other Manhattan locations; Flatlands, Brooklyn in New York; and Paterson, Newark and Essex County in New Jersey.
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