Jerome Robbins and Robert WiseWest Side Story: the movie so big it took two people to direct. Okay, that's not quite true. In traditional directing terms, there was just one director: Robert Wise....

Ernest LehmanConsidering the pedigree on display for this movie, the screenwriter didn't have to do very much. With Steven Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein handling the musical numbers, the only thin...

United ArtistsStudios come and go in Hollywood, and these days, United Artists is pretty much gone from the scene. But once upon a time, they were as big as anyone, and unbelievably enough, they we...

35 mmThey still used film back in 1961, and West Side Story has no space aliens or robots to put in with either CG or stop-motion. There are a few visual tricks present, mostly based on optical ill...

Leonard Bernstein and Steven SondheimYou know those comic-book team-ups that everyone loves? The Avengers, the Justice League, those stories where two (or more) incredible superheroes join forces a...

When we say "fandoms," we usually think of guys dressed up as Captain Kirk, or regular meetings between book club folks who like to go delving into the work of their favorite authors. West Side Sto...