iTunes, BlinkBox and Amazon are the 3 on-demand video streaming sites where you can watch the Oscar-winning movie West Side Story. In this article you will find some more information about West Side Story from 1961. Sites where you can stream this movie can be found at the bottom of the article, along with prices for each site.
Did you ever wonder who won the prestigious Academy Award for Best Picture in 1961? The Academy members considered West Side Story to be the Best Picture of the year 1961 and awarded it a total of 10 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Acress.
Did you know that the Academy Awards were first televised in 1953? "The Academy" that awards the Oscars is "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" in the US. The Best Picture Oscar is given at the end of each year's ceremony to represent its importance.
Wikipedia describes the movie West Side Story like this:
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
The cast of West Side Story included:
- Natalie Wood as Maria
- Russ Tamblyn as Riff
- Richard Beymer as Tony
- George Chakiris as Bernardo
- Rita Moreno as Anita
- David Winters as A-rab
- Simon Oakland as Schrank
- William Bramley as Krupke
West Side Story has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 94%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 85%. Here is what Whitney Willaims from Variety has said about the movie West Side Story:
West Side Story is a beautifully-mounted, impressive, emotion-ridden and violent musical which, in its stark approach to a raging social problem and realism of unfoldment, may set a pattern for future musical presentations.
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West Side Story won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for George Chakiris for his role as Bernardo at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Rita Moreno for her role as Anita at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Original Musical at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 34th Academy Awards in 1961
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 19th Golden Globe Awards in 1961
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for George Chakiris for his role as Bernardo at the 19th Golden Globe Awards in 1961
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno for her role as Anita at the 19th Golden Globe Awards in 1961
Findable.TV has found that West Side Story can be watched online at 3 sources. In the UK, some of the options for watching this movie online are as follows.
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