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West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet". The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love. Maria and Tony begin meeting in secret, planning to run away. Then the Sharks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway - whoever wins gains control of the streets. Maria sends Tony to stop it, hoping it can end the violence. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending.

IMDB Rating: 7.7/10

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Act I
The film opens in the streets of the West Side of Manhattan in the late summer of 1957. There is a mounting tension set to music ("Prologue") between a white American gang, the Jets, led by Riff Lorton, and a rival gang of Puerto Rican immigrants, the Sharks, led by Bernardo Nuñez. The Jets harass the Sharks and vice versa, culminating in a free-for-all throughout the streets. Eventually, the Sharks catch the youngest member of the Jets, Baby John, on the playground. As they begin to "bloody" him, all the other Jets and Sharks rush in and start brawling. Soon, Lieutenant Schrank and Officer Krupke arrive and break up the melee. Schrank insists that he will not tolerate any more fighting on his beat, and he orders the Sharks off the playground, and the Jets "to make nice with them Puerto Ricans" or there will be a price to pay.

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Once Schrank and Krupke are gone, Anybodys, a tomboy who was in the fight, pleads with Riff to be in the gang, but is rebuffed. The Jets discuss challenging the Sharks to an all out rumble that will decide who gets control of the streets, and decide to deliver the challenge to the Sharks at a dance later that night, because it is neutral territory. Riff also explains to the Jets that they have seen other gangs (the Emeralds and the Hawks) come and go, but the Jet members state that the Sharks are different compared to the other gangs. However, Riff eases the statement, that no matter the odds or the situation the Jets will always pull through.

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Riff decides that his best friend Tony Wyzek, a co-founder of the Jets who has left the gang to work at a local candy/drug store, would be the best member to present the challenge to the Sharks because he has always come through for the Jets ("Jet Song"). Riff visits Tony at the store and asks him to come to the dance, but Tony is not interested in fighting anymore. He tells Riff that he senses something very important is about to happen to him. After a little cajoling from Riff, Tony changes his mind and agrees to meet him and the Jets at the dance, in case it is there that he will discover that "something" ("Something's Coming").

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Act II
The next day at Madam Lucia's bridal shop, Maria sings to her co-workers about how happy and excited she is ("I Feel Pretty"). After everyone except Maria and Anita leaves, Anita tells Maria about the impending rumble accidentally, as Anita plans to prepare for a date with Bernardo afterwards. Maria questions why Bernardo and his gang have to fight with the boys from the dance, and Anita, who isn't sure herself, replies it's just heavy emotion. Anita tells Maria to come home with her, but Maria insists that she wants to close the store by herself because she has work to do. Suddenly, Tony arrives to see Maria, leaving Anita in shock. Tony tells Anita of his and Maria's love, and Anita mocks Maria.

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Anita, despite her shock, shows some tolerance but worries about the consequences if Bernardo were to find out. Anita leaves them alone, but not without warning Maria that she'd better be home ASAP. Maria pleads with Tony to prevent the rumble altogether, even if it is only a fist fight, and Tony promises to do so. Then Tony and Maria, using clothes in the bridal shop, fantasize about their wedding ("One Hand, One Heart"). They use the headless mannequins as their parents, best man (Riff) and Maid of Honor (Anita). They exchange wedding vows and kiss.

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A musical montage ("Quintet") intertwines the feelings of the Jets and Sharks in anticipation of the rumble, Tony and Maria's anticipation of meeting each other, and Anita preparing for her date with Bernardo. The Jets and Sharks arrive at their agreed location for the rumble, a fenced dead-end under a stretch of New York highway. As the "fair fight" begins between Bernardo and Ice, Tony arrives and tries to stop it, but is met with ridicule and mockery from Bernardo and the Sharks, as Bernardo clearly is more interested in fighting with Tony rather than Ice, but Tony refuses to fight back. Unable to stand by and watch his best friend be humiliated, Riff angrily lashes out and punches Bernardo ("The Rumble"). Enraged, Bernardo draws a knife and Riff draws one too, and they fight each other. Tony tries to stop them, but Riff has two other Jets hold him back.

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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. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C., in Super Panavision 70.

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The film opens with a sequence of aerial views of Manhattan that begins at the southern tip and moves north, soaring silently over the vertical topography of Lower Manhattan and Midtown, and stops and descends to ground level in the Upper West Side's Lincoln Square neighborhood, in the area where the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts now stands. Veteran director Robert Wise was chosen as the director and producer for his experience with urban New York dramas such as Odds Against Tomorrow. Wise had not previously directed a musical and when it was suggested that Jerome Robbins, who had directed the stage version, be brought in to direct the musical and dance sequences, Wise agreed.

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