West Side Story (Special Edition) (DVD)

Garnering a total of ten Academy Awards - including Best Picture of 1961 - West Side Story set a brilliant standard for movie musicals that remains unsurpassed to this day. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins from Ernest Lehman's spectacular screenplay, the film combines the unforgettable score of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim with Robbins' exuberant choreography to create a transcendent fusion of realism and fantasy that will forever be a feast for the eye, the ear, and ultimately, the heart. A triumph on every level, this electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in the slums of 1950's New York.

'West Side Memories': a comprehensive look behind the scenes with new interviews and previously unseen home video footage of Natalie Wood
'Original Intermission Walk In Music': lost since 1961, this intermission has been restored with 5.1 sound
Photo gallery with original sketches of set design, costume design and behind the scenes images
Production design and storyboard gallery featuring previously unseen stills from director Robert Wise's personal collection
Production design and storyboard montage
Original trailers
Interactive menu
Scene access