West Side Story (1961)

Original title	West Side Story
Swedish release title	West Side Story

Director	Robert Wise Jerome Robbins
Screenplay	Ernest Lehman
Producer	Robert Wise
Production Manager	Allen K. Wood
Director of Photography	Daniel L. Fapp
Music	Leonard Bernstein
Choreography	Jerome Robbins Tommy Abbott (assistent) Margaret Banks (assistent) Howard Jeffrey (assistent) Tony Mordente (assistent)
Production Designer	Boris Leven Maurice Zuberano (production artist) Leon Harris (production artist)
Film Editor	Thomas Stanford
Production Mixer	Gordon Sawyer (as Gordon E. Sawyer) (övervakare) Fred Hynes (övervakare) Murray Spivack Fred Lau Vinton Vernon
Assistant Director	Robert E. Relyea (försteassistent) Jerome M. Siegel (andreassistent)
Script Supervisor	Stanley K. Scheuer
Executive Producer	Walter Mirisch (as Walter M. Mirisch)
Associate Producer	Saul Chaplin
Camera Operator	John Finger (inledningssekvensen)
Special Photographic Effects	Linwood G. Dunn Cecil Love Don Weed
Key Grip	Louis Kulsey (inledningssekvensen)
Musical Arrangement	Sid Ramin Irwin Kostal
Conductor	Johnny Green
Instrumentalist	Al Viola (solist) Red Mitchell (solist) Jack Dumont (solist) Shelly Manne (solist) Pete Candoli (solist)
Music Editor	Richard Carruth
Music Supervisor	Johnny Green Sid Ramin Irwin Kostal Saul Chaplin
Set Decorator	Victor A. Gangelin
Propman	Samuel Gordon (as Sam Gordon)
Costume Designer	Irene Sharaff
Make-up Supervisor	Emile LaVigne
Hair Stylist	Alice Monte
Construction Coordinator	William Maldonado
Wardrobe	Bert Henrikson
Assistant Film Editor	Marshall M. Borden
Sound Editor	Gilbert Marchant (as Gilbert D. Marchant)
Other Crew	Marvin Mirisch (production executive) Harold Mirisch (production executive) Eliot Hyman (production executive) Ray Stark (production executive) Robert Tucker (vokalarrangemang) Betty Walberg (musikassistent)

Natalie Wood	Maria
Richard Beymer	Tony Anton
Russ Tamblyn	Riff, ledare för The Jets
Rita Moreno	Anita
George Chakiris	Bernardo, Marias bror, Anitas fästman, ledare för The Sharks
Simon Oakland	kommissarie Schrank
Ned Glass	Doc, drugstoreägaren
William Bramley	Krupke, polis
John Astin	Glad Hand, socialarbetare
Penny Santon	Madam Lucia, ägare till syaffär
-	Medlemmar i The Sharks:
José De Vega	Chino
Jay Norman	Pepe
Gus Trikonis	Indio
Robert Thompson	Luis
Larry Roquemore	Rocco
Jaime Rogers	Loco
Eddie Verso	Juano
Andre Tayir	Chile
Nick Navarro (as Nick Covacevich)	Toro
Rudy Del Campo	Del Campo
-	Medlemmar i The Jets
Tucker Smith	Ice
Tony Mordente	Action
Eliot Feld	Baby John
David Winters	A-rab
Bert Michaels	Snowboy
Robert Banas	Joyboy
Anthony "Scooter" Teague	Big Deal
Tommy Abbott	Gee-Tar
Harvey Evans (as Harvey Hohnecker)	Mouthpiece
David Bean	Tiger
-	The Jets flickor:
Susan Oakes	Anybodys
Gina Trikonis	Graziella
Carole D'Andrea	Velma
-	The Sharks flickor:
Yvonne Othon	Consuelo
Suzie Kaye	Rosalia
Joanne Miya	Francisca

Production Company	Mirisch Films Inc.		(i samarb m)
	Seven Arts Productions Ltd.
	B & P Enterprises
Casting	Stalmaster-Lister Company
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	United Artists AB	1962
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2008
	SF Home Entertainment	2009
Special Effects	Film Effects of Hollywood
Titles	Saul Bass & Associates
Other Company	Beta Productions		(©)

Censorship number	109141
Date	1970-05-12
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	4150 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 450-400-440-365-335-390-385-390-440-555 = 4150 meter

Censorship number	99372
Date	1970-03-06
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	105 meters
Notes	Trailer.

Censorship number	98667
Date	1962-01-29
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	5190 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 450-400-440-365-335-390-385-390-440-555 = 4150 meter

Censorship number	98667
Date	1962-01-29
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	4150 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 450-400-440-365-335-390-385-390-440-555 = 4150 meter

Aspect ratio	2.05:1 (Super Panavision 70)
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Magnetic stereo
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Technicolor
Carrier type	70 mm
Frames per second	24

Original title	West Side Story (Musical)
Author	Arthur Laurents
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim
Composer	Leonard Bernstein
Translator	Gösta Rybrant	(1965)
	Klas Östergren

		USA		1960	1960
Samuel Goldwyn Studios	Los Angeles		(ateljé)
	New York City		(exteriörer)

First showing	1961-10-18		New York	USA
Release in Sweden	1962-02-27	Ritz		Sweden	151 min
TV showing	1988-12-25	TV3		Sweden	145 min
	1993-03-27	TV2		Sweden	145 min
	1996-12-26	Kanal 5		Sweden	145 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	1997-09-08
TV showing	1997-11-15	Kanal 5		Sweden	145 min
	1998-12-26	TV3		Sweden	145 min
	2002-06-20	TV3		Sweden	145 min
	2003-01-05	TV3		Sweden	145 min
	2003-05-19	TV3		Sweden	145 min
	2005-11-05	SVT2		Sweden	145 min
DVD release	2008-02-20			Sweden
	2009-07-15			Sweden

Original title	Prologue
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Dancer	kör

Original title	Jet Song
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Russ Tamblyn
	kör	(The Jets)

Original title	Something's Coming
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Jimmy Bryant	(dubbar Richard Beymer)

Original title	Dance at the Gym
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Dancer	Richard Beymer
	Natalie Wood
	kör	(The Jets och The Sharks)

Original title	Maria. Ur West Side Story
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Jimmy Bryant	(dubbar Richard Beymer)

Original title	America
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	George Chakiris
	Rita Moreno
	Marni Nixon	(dubbar Rita Moreno i den höga tonerna)
	kör

Original title	Tonight
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Jimmy Bryant	(dubbar Richard Beymer)
	Marni Nixon

Original title	Gee, Officer Krupke!
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Russ Tamblyn
	kör	(The Jets)

Original title	I Feel Pretty
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Marni Nixon	(dubbar Natalie Wood)
	Yvonne Othon
	Suzie Kaye
	Joanne Miya

Original title	One Hand, One Heart
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Jimmy Bryant	(dubbar Richard Beymer)
	Marni Nixon	(dubbar Natalie Wood)
	Marni Nixon	(repris - dubbar Natalie Wood i slutsången)

Original title	Quintet
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Jimmy Bryant	(dubbar Richard Beymer)
	Marni Nixon	(dubbar Natalie Wood)
	Betty Wand	(dubbar Rita Moreno)
	kör	(The Jets och The Sharks)

Original title	The Rumble
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	kör	(The Jets och The Sharks)
	Rita Moreno

Original title	Somewhere
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Jimmy Bryant	(dubbar Richard Beymer)
	Marni Nixon	(dubbar Natalie Wood)

Original title	Cool
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Tucker Smith
	kör	(The Jets samt tre Jets-flickor)

Original title	A Boy Like That
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Betty Wand	(dubbar Rita Moreno)
	Marni Nixon	(dubbar Natalie Wood)

Original title	I Have Heart
Composer	Leonard Bernstein	(1957)
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim	(1957)
Singer	Marni Nixon	(dubbar Natalie Wood)
	Betty Wand	(dubbar Rita Moreno)

Academy Award of Merit	Hollywood	1962			(bästa film)

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West Side Story (1961)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	70 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	4047

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Colour prints	5
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Slides	2
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck