'Ello! How was your weekend? Sorry this is so late! We're watching a cult favorite this week, the 1961 musical West Side Story.
Wikipedia
West Side Story stars Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer in a twist on the classic Romeo and Juliet story, with gang tensions high as Wood's Maria, sister to the leader of a neighborhood gang, falls in love with a former member of a rival gang, Beymer's Tony. The struggle between the gangs inevitably ends in bloodshed, keeping true to the original source. This Oscar-winning film is directly based off of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, with a few notable changes from the stage rendition. Here's a trailer:
West Side Story will be on this Thursday at our regular TNT time of 8pm EST. I have to confess that this isn't a movie that's ever been on my watch list; I'm not too crazy about most musicals and the plot of this movie has just never appealed to me. But TCM basically said, "Eff yo couch" (massive props to whoever gets that lol) and put it in the primetime slot for Thursday. So I'll give it a go. Is there anyone else who hasn't seen this film yet, or am I living under the rock by myself? If you'd like to stream West Side Story online, here's where you can rent it:
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