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Westside story is the award winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliette. 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 Skarks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway - whoever wins gains control ...
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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.
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Een musical gebaseerd op het bekend Romeo en Julia-verhaal. In New York waar de rivaliserende straatbendes de Jets en de Sharks tegen elkaar strijden voor hun territorium en respect, worden Jets-leider Tony en Maria, het zusje van de Sharks-leider verliefd. Hun liefde is gedoemd te mislukken.
Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, West Side Story earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for Best Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Realistically portrayed characters and their surroundings and expert editing complementing innovative dance sequences mark this highly stylized modern-day Romeo and Juliet tale. The stage is set in New York's Upper West Side in the 1950s, where the area's slums are plagued by racial tensions acted on by two rival gangs: the Puerto Rican Sharks and the Caucasian Jets. In the middle of this mess is young, innocent Maria (Natalie...
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Wood), a Puerto Rican seamstress whose brother, Bernardo (George Chakiris), is the leader of the Sharks. Despite the warnings of Anita (Rita Moreno), Bernardo's fiery girlfriend, Maria falls in love with a young, hopeful Polish boy, Tony (Richard Beymer), who used to belong to the Jets, now headed by Riff (Russ Tamblyn). When Tony, on Maria's urging, tries to stop a rumble between the gangs, tragedy ensues, marking their dedicated love affair with violence and desperation. The infectious, lyrical landmark score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim help round out one of the greatest musical experiences ever captured on film.
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Police chief says prosecution of anyone is unlikely after detectives review entire case file and conduct new interviewsDetectives investigating the reopened case of Natalie Wood , the Hollywood icon who drowned off the coast of California more than 30 years ago, have failed to uncover any new evidence suggesting foul play was involved, according to Us reports.After several weeks of interviewing key witnesses and undertaking a cold-case review, the Los Angeles county sheriff's department said it had found nothing to suggest the star of Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story was murdered. "At this point, it is an accidental death," William McSweeney, the sheriff's chief of detectives, told the La Times. "Nothing has been discovered to suggest changing that at this time."Police reopened Wood's case following intervention from Dennis Davern, who captained the yacht on the night of 29 November 1981 during Thanksgiving weekend. He told detectives he had
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