Plot
In the summer of 1957 in the West Side's Lincoln Square neighborhood in Manhattan, there is tension between a white American gang, the Jets, led by Riff, and a Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, led by Bernardo. After a brawl erupts, Lieutenant Schrank and Officer Krupke arrive and break it up. The Jets decide to challenge the Sharks to a rumble at an upcoming dance for neighborhood control.
Riff decides that his best friend Tony, the co-founder of the Jets who left the gang, should fight. Riff invites Tony to the dance, but Tony is uninterested. He tells Riff that he senses something important will happen, which Riff suggests could have a correlation with the dance.
Bernardo's younger sister, Maria, tells her best friend and Bernardo's girlfriend, Anita, how excited she is about the dance. At the dance, the gangs and girls refuse to intermingle. Tony arrives and he and Maria fall in love. However, Bernardo angrily demands Tony to stay away from her. Riff proposes a meeting with Bernardo at Doc's drug store.
Maria is sent home; Anita argues that Bernardo is overprotective of Maria and they compare the advantages of Puerto Rico and the United States.
Tony discreetly visits Maria on her fire escape, where they reaffirm their love. Krupke, who suspects the Jets are planning something, visits them and warns them not to cause trouble. When the Sharks arrive, both groups agree to have the showdown the following evening under the highway, with a one-on-one fist fight. When Schrank arrives, the gangs feign friendship. Schrank orders the Sharks out and unsuccessfully tries to get the Jets to divulge the location of the fight.
The next day at the bridal shop, Anita accidentally tells Maria about the rumble. Tony arrives to see Maria, which shocks Anita. They profess their love and Anita warns them about the consequences if Bernardo learns of their relationship. Maria has Tony promise to prevent the rumble. Tony and Maria fantasize about their wedding ceremony.
The Jets and Sharks approach the area under the highway. Tony arrives to stop the fight, but Bernardo antagonizes him. Unwilling to watch Tony be humiliated, Riff initiates a knife fight. Tony tries to intervene, which leads to Bernardo killing Riff. Tony kills Bernardo with Riff's knife and a melee ensues. Police sirens blare and everyone flees, leaving behind the bodies of Riff and Bernardo.
Maria waits for Tony on the rooftop of her apartment building when Chino arrives and tells her what happened. Tony arrives and explains what transpired and asks for her forgiveness before he turns himself in to the police. Maria confirms her love for him and asks Tony to stay with her.
The Jets have reassembled outside a garage, with their new leader, Ice having them focus on their reaction to the police rather than their rival gang. Anybodys arrives and warns them that Chino, armed with a stolen handgun, is searching out Tony for revenge, so Ice sends the Jets to warn Tony of the danger.
Maria and Tony arrange to meet at Doc's, where they will pick up getaway money so they can elope. Anita spots Tony leaving and chides Maria for the relationship, but Maria convinces her to help them elope.
Schrank arrives and questions Maria about the rumble. To cover for Tony, Maria has Anita tell him that Maria is detained from meeting him. When Anita reaches Doc's, the Jets harass her, until Doc intervenes. Anita declares that Bernardo was right about them and that Chino killed Maria. Doc banishes the Jets and gives Tony his getaway money in the basement and delivers Anita's message. Tony runs into the streets, shouting for Chino to kill him as well.
In the playground next to Doc's, Tony spots Maria and run toward each other, only for Chino to arrive and shoot Tony. The Jets and Sharks arrive to find Maria holding Tony, who dies. Maria stops the gangs from fighting and takes the gun from Chino and threatens to shoot everyone, blaming their hate for the deaths. However, the gun turns out to be empty, as Chino used the last bullet to murder Tony. Schrank, Krupke and Doc arrive and the gangs form a funeral procession, with Maria following. The police arrest Chino and lead him away.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_(film)
Cast
Natalie Wood as Maria Nunez ナタリー・ウッド
Richard Beymer as Tony Wyzek リチャード・ベイマー
Russ Tamblyn as Riff Lorton ラス・タンブリン
Rita Moreno as Anita リタ・モレノ
George Chakiris as Bernardo Nunez ジョージ・チャキリス
Simon Oakland as Lieutenant Schrank サイモン・オークランド
Ned Glass as Doc ネッド・グラス
William Bramley as Officer Krupke ウィリアム・ブラムリー
Academy Awards
Won
Best Picture
Best Director (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins)
Best Supporting Actor (George Chakiris)
Best Supporting Actress (RIta Moreno)
Best Art Direction, Color
Best Cinematography, Color
Best Costume Design, Color
Best Film Editing
Best Musical Score
Best Sound
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay
今日の映画は1961年公開の「ウエストサイド物語」。ロミオとジュリエットを元にした1957年の同名のブロードウェーミュージカルの映画化です。監督はロバート・ワイズとジェローム・ロビンス。主演はナタリー・ウッド、リチャード・ベイマー。
本作品は1960年代を代表するミュージカル映画だと言えるでしょう。1950年代までのミュージカルとは違った感じがします。ダンスもこれまでのタップを中心としたものとは異なります。また本作品には指を鳴らす場面が多く使われていますが、この当時では斬新でしょう。映画が始まって十分ぐらいは特にセリフはありませんが、むしろそれが効果的にジェットとシャークの対立を描いていると思います。
内容を簡単に書くとポーランド系アメリカ人非行グループのジェットとプエルトリコ系アメリカ人の非行グループシャークの抗争の犠牲となる2人の恋を描いたものです。もともとのミュージカルでは2幕に分けられており、1幕はリフとベルナルドが死んで他の少年たちが去っていくところで終わります。ミュージカルなのに1幕の終わりが2人の死体というところで終わっていたようです。映画でもこの場面がありますが、ここでインターミッションに入るわけではありません。
なお撮影は、ほとんどカリフォルニア州のロサンゼルスで行われましたが、冒頭の上空のシーンはニューヨークで撮影されました。また映画のタイトルにあるウエストサイドとはニューヨーク州ニューヨーク市マンハッタン島のハドソン川やニュージャージー州に接する西側のことです。
ちなみにニューヨーク州は↓です。
ニューヨーク州ニューヨーク市は↓です。
ミュージカルということで当然数多くの音楽が使われています。
まずはJet Song
Something's Coming
こちらは体育館でのダンス Dance at the Gym
Maria
America この曲はブロードウェーミュージカル版と違い男と女の歌で、歌詞もアメリカに批判的な内容に変えられています。ほかと比べて陽気な歌です。
Tonight この曲が一番有名でしょうか。バルコニーで歌われます。この映像にあるバルコニーはユニバーサルスタジオジャパンで再現されているのですが、以前行った時は知らなかったので見過ごしてしまいました。
Gee, Officer Krupke
I Feel Pretty
One Hand, One Heart
Tonight Quintet
The Rumble これだけいい映像が見つからなかったのですいません。
Somewhere
Cool
A Boy Like That
こやって見てみると結構多くの曲が含まれていますね。
最後のマリアのセリフ
All of you! You all killed him! And my brother, and Riff. Not with bullets, or guns, with hate. Well now I can kill, too, because now I have hate!
弾、銃ではなく憎しみで殺したとのセリフは心に残りますね。
殺すことができると言っても実行しなかったのは、アニータにどがめられたからでしょう。
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