West Side Story (7/10) Movie CLIP - I Feel Pretty (1961) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Maria (Natalie Wood) sings at the bridal shop.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Romeo and Juliet is updated to the tenements of New York City in this Oscar-winning musical landmark. Adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Broadway production, the movie opens with an overhead shot of Manhattan, an effect that director Robert Wise would repeat over the Alps in The Sound of Music four years later. We are introduced to two rival street gangs: the Jets, second-generation American teens, and the Sharks, Puerto Rican immigrants. When the war between the Jets and Sharks reaches a fever pitch, Jets leader Riff (Russ Tamblyn) decides to challenge the Sharks to one last "winner take all" rumble. He decides to meet Sharks leader Bernardo (George Chakiris) for a war council at a gymnasium dance; to bolster his argument, Riff wants his old pal Tony (Richard Beymer), the cofounder of the Jets, to come along. But Tony has set his sights on vistas beyond the neighborhood and has fallen in love with Bernardo's sister, Maria (Natalie Wood), a love that, as in Romeo and Juliet, will eventually end in tragedy. In contrast to the usual slash-and-burn policy of Hollywood musical adaptations, all the songs written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim for the original Broadway production of West Side Story were retained for the film version, although some alterations were made to appease the Hollywood censors, and the original order of two songs was reversed for stronger dramatic impact. The movie more than retains the original choreography of Jerome Robbins, which is recreated in some of the most startling and balletic dance sequences ever recorded on film. West Side Story won an almost-record ten Oscars, including Best Picture, supporting awards to Chakiris and Rita Moreno as Bernardo's girlfriend, Anita, and Best Director to Robbins and Wise. Richard Beymer's singing was dubbed by Jimmy Bryant, Natalie Wood's by Marni Nixon (who also dubbed Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady), and Rita Moreno's by Betty Wand. The film's New York tenement locations were later razed to make room for Lincoln Center.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1961)
Cast: Joanne Miya, Rita Moreno, Marni Nixon, Penny Santon
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Producers: Saul Chaplin, Robert Wise, Walter Mirisch
Screenwriters: Ernest Lehman, Arthur Laurents, William Shakespeare, Jerome Robbins

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[emilyhedrick]

Maria's mood in this song is super relatable. After you have a positive encounter with a person you're into, you all of a sudden feel like you're walking on air, like you're the belle of the ball, and it just feels fantastic, and then your best friend might look at you like "what am I going to do with you?"

[lauracerqueiramachado]

The best part: she sings “I feel pretty” and not “I look pretty”, which means her looks is the same but now she feels better about it than ever.

[rkgk]

I hope every young girl gets at least one chance to feel like this.

[anneweidner]

This how you should feel when you're in love

[pandapal]

this scene is so magical. I just love all the colors in this movie.

[alexfrog]

God she looks so much like a Barbie doll she's perfect and so beautiful so sad what happened to her. But gosh she's so pretty

[mjastoria]

The Beauty of Natalie Wood, but also the Voice of Marni Nixon, who also sang for Deborah Kerr in "The King and I" and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady".
Marni Nixon made such a huge contribution to the history of the film musical, she should have been awarded an honorary Oscar in her lifetime. She passed away 7/23/16.

[tsuyayaka]

I noticed how she’s wearing the orange and yellow dress (the colors of the Jets) but puts on and off purple (the color of the Sharks) like she’s part of both gangs since she’s Puerto Rican but in love with an American.

[classics]

Natalie Wood had such presence. She always becomes the central focus of every scene she is in. Her acting in this scene is so great - her bliss and energy are palpable.

[millertas]

Original and the best. Back in the days when gay meant 'happy'. I remember laughing when the modern stage version where Maria sings "....I feel pretty and witty and BRIGHT..." to rhyme with 'night' rather than 'gay' to rhyme with day.

[Courtneydej]

It's so simple no crazy cgi or special effects just four girls dancing and singing. The simpler times

[zedd]

"It must be the heat
Or some rare disease
Or too much to eat
 Or maybe it’s" WEED

[aghniafauziah]

only your real friends can sing about your insanity 😂👍

[MichaelSmith-uizs]

Absolutely charming, and she certainly was very pretty.

[henrymerino]

We sang 'I Feel Pretty' in my choir many many years ago, back when I was still an adolescent, and it instantly became one of my favorite songs. Now that we are singing it again for a big concert I decided to watch the movie and I just acquired a whole new perspective on the song knowing how everything ends. Still one of my all-time favorites. It brings back so many memories...

[paulallison]

The fabulous voice of Marni Nixon who 'ghosted' here for Natalie Wood, Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady' and Deborah Kerr in 'The King and I'. Up there with Julie Andrews herself, perhaps the greatest of all!

[heatherferreira]

Never underestimate how love, pretty clothes and shoes can do this to us, gentlemen :)

[clifftrainor]

Well, she was pretty. And witty. But she wasn't gay....she couldn't of have been _that_ perfect.

[dongato]

2:31 - That little ballerina train they do is one of the most memorable things I've ever seen in my life.

[XxMagicMezziexX]

best 3mins of a musical possibly ever, every girl knows this feeling, such amazing performance of such an enchanting song!