West Side Story
I am not a big fan of musicals, but WEST SIDE STORY is probably my favorite movie of all time, mostly because of the music, but also because Shakespeare was a fairly decent writer.
NATALIE WOOD
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
The lyrics were written by STEPHEN SONDHEIM.
Winner of 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, 1961
RITA MORENO
The music was written by the genius, LEONARD BERNSTEIN.
GEORGE CHAKIRIS
and NATALIE WOOD
Ms. Wood is a posthumous winner of the "THUMPER" award.
RICHARD BEYMER
RUSS TAMBLYN
"Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time....The wait is simply too long."
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
"Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable."
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
POSTSCRIPT
"One fire burns out another's burning, / One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish."

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, from ROMEO AND JULIET
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