Rent The Making of 'West Side Story' (1985)
4.1 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
- 27 years after its Broadway premiere, Leonard Bernstein went into a New York studio for Deutsche Grammophon to conduct his most famous work for the first time. In selecting his cast he "decided to go for sound" with the sumptuous operatic voices of Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras and Tatiana Troyanos. This spellbinding film, winner of the Prix Italia and the British Academy's Flaherty Award, documents the stresses and strains, exhilaration and eventual triumph in the making of a landmark recording. The result is terrific, not just musically, but as video verite".
- Actors:
- Leonard Bernstein, Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann, Nina Bernstein, Louise Edeiken, Angelina Réaux, Stella Zambalis, Alexander Bernstein, Stephen Bogardus, Richard Harrell, Todd Lester, David Livingston, Marty Nelson, Peter Thom, Adrienne Albert, June McGruder, Juliana Gondek, Carmem Cornier
- Directors:
- Christopher Swann
- Producers:
- Humphrey Burton, Thomas Skinner
- Others:
- Christopher Swann
- Aka:
- Omnibus: Leonard Berstein's West Side Story / Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story
- Studio:
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Germany
- Awards:
