West Side Story (1961)
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, two rival gangs compete for control: the Jets, a group of Polish-American youths, and the Sharks, newly arrived Puerto Rican immigrants. Tensions between the groups run high as they fight over territory and respect in the neighborhood.
Amid this conflict, Tony, a former Jet, and Maria, the sister of the Sharks’ leader Bernardo, develop a secret romance that challenges their loyalties and escalates the already volatile rivalry. Their relationship sets off a chain of events that threatens to deepen the divide between the gangs and the community around them.
West Side Story is a 1961 Crime, Drama and Romance film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris. Browse thousands of high-quality screencaps, movie stills and HD screenshots from West Side Story.
Themes
- attempted rape
- based on play or musical
- dance musical
- feud
- forbidden love
- highway
- immigrant
- interracial relationship
- lifting female in air
- love at first sight
- modern day adaptation
- music and dance
- musical
- new york city
- obsessive love
- policeman
- rivalry
- romantic
- romeo & juliet
- showdown
- slum
- street gang
- tragic
- tragic love
- young love
This is so cool! I love it. It whets my desire to see another screening of the film West Side Story, in a movie theatre!