West Side Story as Cinema: The Making and Impact of an American Masterpiece

by Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz

Book Overview

For millions of moviegoers unable to see the original stage version of West Side Story , director Robert Wise's adaptation was a cinematic gift that brought a Broadway hit to a mass audience. Ernesto Acevedo-Mu oz argues that Wise's film was not only hugely popular, but that it was also an artistic triumph that marked an important departure in the history of American movie making. With a score by Leonard Bernstein and choreography by Jerome Robbins,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619216
• ISBN13: 9780700619214
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"