Prologue - West Side Story 1961 (4K)

[theresaheidel]

Haunting opening with the aerial view.with the faraway echo whistling..feels so much like NYC and only NYC..can feel the grit, It is a scene you feel...not only see. The most perfect NYC depiction!

[ryanangelastro]

This is the ultimate example of “show, don’t tell.”

[zhongwa]

Movie's great, but you can't beat this opening. Brilliant, perfect.

[mediawarhead]

The fact that the first 10 minutes of this film is minimal dialogue, the choreography of this is so fantastic that it was easy to understand the situation and the story. Love this movie so much

[classics]

The greatest opening of any musical, ever. The aerial shots of the city with the echoing whistles create a tense and chilling atmosphere, almost as if setting up a big dramatic crime thriller, which only intensifies as we zoom in on the urban playground. Then, with the simple act of snapping fingers, everything changes. You know instantly, at that moment, that you’re in for something unlike anything else in cinema.

[TheTmnyable]

this is THEE greatest musical of all time ! perfection.

[scottbennion]

this prologue and "the Quintet" were two of the best scenes ever introduced to us in the history of cinema. I am now 76 years old. a non Latino. the sharks were easily my favorite. George Chakiris was the coolest of them all. we were in 8th grade. even every macho boy wanted to learn how to dance after this.

[LucyLovettLestrange]

The guy chasing after the ball ( in the green shirt), his name is Kit Culkan, and he’s Macaulay Culkin’s father ( just discovered this last year)

[brendanmatelan]

I absolutely love the opening shots of this movie. To me, its amazing seeing how New York (and the United States for that matter) was back then and how it is now. Great movie overall.

[DaveFisher-cqdr]

0:02 New York City, 1957, 9 years before construction began for the World Trade Center in 1966

[mikep]

-Island tip
-George Washington Bridge
-Robert F. Kennedy Bridge at 125th St.
-Pier 76 at 34th St. (West Side Highway)
-The Battery
-Bowling Green (Broadway)
-Wall St. and Broadway
-Trinity Church (at Wall St. and Broadway)
-Rockefeller Plaza and St. Patrick's Cathedral
-The U.N Building (42nd St. and 1st Ave.)
-The Empire State Building! (34th St and 5th Ave.)
-51st St. between Lexington and 3rd Ave.
-The Port Authority Bus Terminal (42nd St. 10th Ave.)
-Old Yankee Stadium! (Bronx(
-Columbia University (Broadway and 116th St.)
-Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village (1st Ave. between 14th St. and 20th St.)
110th St. and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd (top of Central Park)
-St. Nicholas Ave. between 112th St and 116th St.
-?? 🙂

[kencarpenter]

I like how the Jets see no point in messing with the clean-cut basketball players, and simply toss the ball back. However, as they walk away, all the Jets turn and give them that look that says "Hey boys, just remember who runs this neighborhood!"

[legostar]

I have to Do homework with this thing but I forgot what the task was so im just watching it now lol

[RENEGADE-gkhv]

The COBRAS rule. What club you claim?
This is COBRAS TURF!

CHIRAQ... WHAT UP THO...

[JohnGreen-yw]

Most famous scene in the whole movie at 3:23 when they’re dancing over that Jets logo

[cindyruthtacurileyva]

Hola, gracias por el vídeo, podrías poner mas, porfavor?
🥰

[livelife]

They act like birds fighting over territory lol

[robertplattner]

Could you do the quintet and the rumble?

[LucyLovettLestrange]

And in time, where the lower left side of Manhattan is, is where The World Trade Center Towers would be built! West Side Story came out in 1961 and work on The WTC Towers wouldn’t begin to be built until 1966

[DaveFisher-cqdr]

0:40 the United Nations headquarters, 5 years after it was completed in 1952