Steven Spielberg’s award-winning, critically-acclaimed “West Side Story,” is now streaming on Disney+.
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose) and 11 Critics’ Choice Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose, Rita Moreno), “West Side Story” is the winner of three Golden Globe® awards—Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy; Best Actress, Musical or Comedy (Rachel Zegler) and Best Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose) – and a SAG Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Ariana DeBose). The film has also received nominations from the DGA (Steven Spielberg), PGA (Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger) and WGA (Tony Kushner) and has been named one of the year’s Top 10 films by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review, the latter having voted Rachel Zegler Best Actress of the Year.
Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Tony Kushner, “West Side Story” tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City. This reimagining of the beloved musical stars Ansel Elgort (Tony); Ariana DeBose (Anita); David Alvarez (Bernardo); Mike Faist (Riff); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Josh Andrés Rivera (Chino); with Rita Moreno (as Valentina, who owns the corner store in which Tony works); and introducing Rachel Zegler (Maria.) Moreno – one of only three artists to be honored with Academy®, Emmy®, GRAMMY®, Tony® and Peabody Awards – also serves as one of the film’s executive producers.
Bringing together the best of both Broadway and Hollywood, the film’s creative team includes Kushner, who also served as an executive producer; Tony Award® winner Justin Peck, who choreographed the musical numbers in the film; renowned Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor and GRAMMY Award® winner Gustavo Dudamel, who helmed the recording of the iconic score; Academy Award®-nominated composer and conductor David Newman (“Anastasia”), who arranged the score, Tony Award®-winning composer Jeanine Tesori (“Fun Home,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie”), who supervised the cast on vocals; and GRAMMY®-nominated music supervisor Matt Sullivan (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Chicago”), who serves as executive music producer for the film. The film is produced by Spielberg, p.g.a., Academy Award®-nominated producer Kristie Macosko Krieger, p.g.a. and Tony Award®-winning producer Kevin McCollum. “West Side Story” has been adapted for the screen from the original 1957 Broadway show. Original choreography by Jerome Robbins, based on the stage play, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Leonard Bernstein.
The West Side Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features 21 songs from the film and is available in both standard digital and physical (CD and vinyl) configurations, as well as a digital release in Dolby Atmos Music.
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Music video by West Side Story – Cast 2021 performing America (From “West Side Story”). © 2021 20th Century Studios
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Am I the only who's here because of a school presentation/ performance?
The fact that the captions have "people chattering in foreign language" when spanish is the second-most spoken language in the US
disney bakit nyo kasi ginawa ito pinapagawa tuloy samin sa mapeh 😭
All the actors in this movie were awesome. I loved it.
Ok. I love this one too….I watched it back to back at least 10 times and still want to watch it again. 🤣👍🏿
This film was an instant classic to me.
Lol….
3:20
magnifique😍🤩🥳
Best dance scene in movies ever. And the greatest Almodóvar scene that Almodóvar never filmed.
No offense, but Ariana Debose is so excellent in this video that you don't even notice the actor opposite her! She just stole the show
Most racist verses I have ever had the displeasure of reading. Jesus an American must have wrote.
Lyrics
Anita:
Puerto Rico,
You lovely island
Island of tropical breezes
Always the pineapples growing
Always the coffee blossoms blowing
Puerto Ricans:
And the money owing!
And the babies crying!
And the people trying
Anita:
I like the island Manhattan!
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
I like to be in America!
Shark Girls:
Okay by me in America!
Puerto Ricans:
Everything free in America!
Bernardo:
For a small fee in America
Anita:
Buying on credit is so nice!
Bernardo:
One look at us and they charge twice!
Rosalía:
I have my own washing machine!
Bernardo:
What will you have though to keep clean?
Anita, Rosalía and Luz:
Skyscrapers bloom in America!
Cadillacs zoom in America!
Industry boom in America!
Sharks:
Twelve in a room in America!
Anita:
Lots of new housing with more space
Community Activists:
Lots of doors slamming in our face!
Anita:
I'll get a terrace apartment
Bernardo:
Better get rid of your accent
Anita, Rosalía and Luz:
Life can be bright in America
Sharks:
If you can fight in America!
Anita:
Life is all right in America!
Bernardo:
If you're all white in America!
Bernardo and Quique:
La la la la la America!
Bernardo:
America!
Puerto Ricans:
La la la la la la, America!
Anita:
America!
Shark Girls:
Here you are free and you have pride!
Sharks:
Long as you stay on your own side
Shark Girls:
Free to do anything you choose!
Sharks:
Free to wait tables and shine shoes!
Bernardo:
Everywhere grime in America!
Organized crime in America!
Terrible time in America!
Anita:
You forget I'm in America
Bernardo:
I think I'll go back to San Juan
Anita:
I know a boat you can get on!
Bernardo:
Everyone there will give big cheer!
Anita:
Everyone there will have moved here
This will look “dated” in about ten years while the original will remain timeless.
Spielberg's version of WSS is in many ways superior to the original, but this number, while well done, is at best a pale imitation of the Moreno-Chakiris performance in the '61 version. That one was crackling with energy. This one somehow feels low-energy.
Ariana is so fucking talented she was perfect in this role
Never seen west side story’s. I saw Ben Cook. Now I am in a worm hole
I do love the spectacle of this version through the streets with all the colour and it’s danced beautifully but it doesn’t quite match Rita and George’s charm & chemistry on that roof. The words were changed as well!
I hope people realize the lyrics at the beginning are the original lyrics from the original play
Man I just realized Steven Spielberg directed this. He is such a master director, he's directed almost every single genre.
Dad
Very good. This is a wonderful remake of the original take. Based on what I remember, the characters in the original movie didn't have as much people involvement as this video. (I can be wrong though. Its been a minute) Also the camera settings for the video looks vintage and new. 9.8/10. If any of you have any criticism of my criticism. Feel free to reply.
I don't like the music in this version as much as the older one but I'm a big fan of the warm color palette and overall composition in this one!
Okay they nailed this one perfectly.
WTF 😳
A NEW WSS?!
I love Steven Spillborg (however u spell)
Can we please thank Spielberg for not pulling a freaking Lolita and made the kids do actual appropriate dances??
Original million times better than this one.
Why try to redo classics is beyond me. This remake was bad compared to the original
A perfect reinterpretation of my
favorite song from the film, the song I consider the showstopper. Does anyone know why the film bombed at the box office? What was wrong with it?