Posts Tagged ‘overture’

West Side Story (1961)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Wood, Natalie | Beymer, Richard | Tamblyn, Russ | Moreno, Rita | Chakiris, George | Oakland, Simon | Glass, Ned | Bramley, William | Smith, Tucker | Mordente, Tony | Winters, David | Feld, Eliot | Michaels, Bert | Bean, David | Banas, Robert
Directors: Robbins, Jerome
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This movie transplants the classic tale of “Romeo and Juliet” to New York City in the 1950s. The two feuding families are replaced by brawling street gangs. The Montagues become the Anglo Jets, led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Capulets become the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo (George Chakiris). At a dance, Tony (Richard Beymer), former leader of the Jets and Riff’s best friend, and Maria (Natalie Wood), Bernardo’s little sister, see each other across the room and it’s love at first sight. With opposition from both sides, they meet secretly and their love grows deeper. However, the gangs are plotting one last rumble, a fight that will finally end the battle for control of the streets. Will Tony and Maria’s love carry through a battle that threatens to destroy the people they love around them? With a young, talented cast, a gorgeous score and dance sequences that need to be seen to believe, West Side Story is a must-see!

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Tracy, Spencer | Berle, Milton | Caesar, Sid | Hackett, Buddy | Merman, Ethel | Rooney, Mickey | Shawn, Dick | Silvers, Phil | Terry-Thomas | Winters, Jonathan | Adams, Edie | Provine, Dorothy | Anderson, Eddie 'Rochester' | Backus, Jim | Blue, Ben
Directors: Kramer, Stanley
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After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally careers over a cliff in view of four cars whose occupants go down to help. The dying Grogan gives details of where the money is buried and when the witnesses fail to agree on sharing the cash, a crazy chase develops across the state.