West Side Story (9/10) Movie CLIP - Cool (1961) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Riff (Russ Tamblyn) counsels the Jets to keep things cool.

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: Tommy Abbott, Robert Banas, David Bean, Harvey Evans, Eliot Feld, Bert Michaels, Tony Mordente, Tucker Smith, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague, David Winters, Russ Tamblyn
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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[classics]

The body language and choreography are off the charts fantastic. You can FEEL that they all are on the verge of spontaneous combustion, full of such passion and anxiety that it can only be expressed through intense movement. And their traumatized moods are reflected by the dark, creepy parking garage. A masterpiece of cinema.

[Stayyab]

Ice is cool no pun intended. He also seems like one of the first members of the jets beside riff and tony. He is the only other one with a girlfriend, seems like the calm, serious, and leader type. He also kinda becomes the new leader of the gang and already had a high status in the gang

[BettinaBalser]

The switch of Krupke and Cool is something that should be reflected in all of the stage productions of the show. It makes much, much, much more sense. With Krupke, they were kids...punks griping about the cops. In Cool, they witnessed the murders of Riff and Nardo and had to grow up in a hurry, and the song reflects this.

[dalmir]

Let’s be real: Ice is an underrated character in WSS.

[hannahlon]

I have a huge fascination with Tucker Smith (Ice), there's just something about him. Shame he wasn't in more films

[yvesalexandre]

RIP David Winters (1939-2019) playing A-Rab in this movie. This sequence has been specifically choreographed for him.

[Tina-qppy]

The dancing is terrific and so is their acting. Love this number. Classic jazz dance.

[jackguinn]

His crazy eyes have stuck with me for years

[kathleencoleman]

There is no way anyone can replace Tucker Smith or the other dancers in the new movie. This is perfection

[kataisa]

1:56 There’s something about the girl’s intro and dance here that I find mesmerizing but can’t figure out why. The whole “Cool” number is utterly brilliant but this little part always gets me.

[thePinkKitty]

Haha it's funny because his name is Ice. He's telling people to be cool like him, like ice.

[sarahbettany]

Oh the choreography is just astounding!

[Gagieboy]

I'm a theater student and get chills everytime I listen to this. 🙏🏽

[wandawakanda]

3:10 me and the homies coming out of quarantine

[savagenature]

I personally believe Ice is the Unsung Hero of West Side Story (or at least as close as we're gonna get)

[immaggiethesenilegoldenret]

Studied “West Side Story” in a high school music and arts class with a really cool teacher back in ‘76...as a fourteen almost 15 year old kid: it was magical.

[Ember-Raine]

My favourite number in the entire movie.

[garnet]

True story, Baby John had pneumonia.  Everything had to be perfection so I don't know how he made it.  But when this dance was done, they took him away in an ambulance.

[schwarzernerz]

THIS IS GREAT CINEMA ! ONE OF THE BEST MOVIE EVER !!!

[katehornchannel]

"Got a rocket in your pocket." Haha.