West Side Story (8/10) Movie CLIP - Somewhere (1961) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Tony (Richard Beymer) and Maria (Natalie Wood) sing about their hope to run away together.

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: Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood
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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[kristoffbjorgman]

This song is so much sadder after the ending of the movie. Amazing film

[victaglianetti]

I saw this American opera as a young boy and fell crazy in love with music and romance itself...here 50 years later it still brings tears to my eyes!!!

[bradhoyt]

You are so right. This song goes right to your soul. If one is not affected by this song, then they have no soul. How sad is that.

[em]

While I hugely appreciated listening to Rita Moreno's singing voice again in the remake, I totally missed the sadness and drama felt when hearing Tony and Maria singing this song. It's incredibly sad. You can feel hope, but at the same time you know everything's lost. This scene breaks me every time.

[donnasilva]

60 years old and i still cry with this scene 😢

[nerdygal]

Rest In Peace Stephan Sondheim. I hope you found that somewhere you wrote about so many years ago.

[markkeats]

My favorite movie musical of all time. My parents saw the live Broadway show when I was young kid, Remember, they couldn't stop talking about the show for days. One of most beautiful universal songs ever written.

[JaninejajaRocker]

This song is so universal that it doesnt have to be in the name of romance to make you cry.

[angelouisedelacruz]

This is one of the best scenes in the movie! I always get teary eyed when this part comes.

[ratguy]

This song really resonates at a time like this. "Somewhere, there's a place for us...We'll find a new way of living."

[OrangeXenon]

This song is so simple lyrically but so profoundly beautiful. It also highlights both the reason for Tony and Maria’s love at first sight as well as the tragedy about to happen. Tony and Maria are the ONLY people in the neighborhood that want peace. Everyone else wants their separate worlds. And in the end, absolutely everyone is at fault for the tragedy that ensues. Maria forced Tony to stop the gang fight, putting him in a dangerous situation after he wanted nothing to do with the gangs. Tony killed Bernardo prompting Chico to seek revenge. Bernardo killed Riff angering Tony. Riff called the gang meeting in the first place. Anita lies about Maria dying causing Tony to want to die. The Jets assault Anita making her not want to help. It’s all one big tragedy that could have been avoided if Tony and Maria could’ve escaped “somewhere”.

[tttITA]

Boy, this lady is some hell of an actress. Her acting here is fantastic!

[butchsoundz]

This song makes me so emotional! I use to sing this song with my nana when I was young, I remember the day she passed 😭 she told me today is her time to go and we sang this song for the last time on 13th september 2006 ❤ RIP nana I will always love and remember you, until we meet again ❤

[melvin]

I keep forgetting about this song. But then I rediscover it. What a gift for the heart.

[SlimSymes]

Just a little trivia :Even though dubbing Natalie Wood was Marni Nixon's chief assignment, Nixon also did one number for Rita Moreno, which required a relatively high vocal register. Having dubbed Wood as well as Moreno, Nixon felt she deserved a cut of the movie-album royalties. Neither the movie or the record producers would bow to her demands. Leonard Bernstein broke the stalemate by volunteering a percentage of his income, a gesture of loyalty-royalty since Nixon had been a performer-colleague of his at New York Philharmonic concerts. He ceded one-quarter of one percent of his royalties to her (a generous amount).

[fllicksick]

This is my favorite love song in all of musical theatre, maybe of all time! It's just so beautiful! I cry every time!

The ending in the new version left me cold. The ‘61 version still affects me, still saddens me 60 years later.

[dsgregg]

Such a great scene. Simple camera work, colored lights on a wall and door in the background, and yet so dramatic.

[elizabethdelong]

As much as I love and adore Rita Moreno, this is Tony and Marie’ song❤️

[KBAFourthtime]

First the actual Natalie Wood, now her playback singer. May both Marias rest in peace.