West Side Story - America

[fazilsaycraze]

when i first watched this, i thought maria and tony were so boring. but i was obsessed with the chemistry between anita and bernardo. they make a cute couple. 

[GravyandCandles]

Some say that the Glee version is better but I personally like this version

[vredesduifje]

i like it! but yeah the glee version is a lil better, but that's just bcs the quality aproved a lot in those years!

[Whatdidyoudotome]

I love this song...

[yamahedp]

I love Glee's version but this is CLASSIC !!

[WWAHP]

@yamahedp I like Glee's version too especially Santana's performance, but they can't hold a candle to the original, but Santana come pretty close. IMO

[Sianator3000]

I like glee's version better.

[ThisIsBuyMoria]

@Sianator3000 I agree!

[Taylena4Eva123]

i wished they would've did the stage version, but i like this one too

[thelonelyslayer]

It's 50yrs later to the year and this song still resonates many of the feelings that a lot of american, american immigrants, and americans descended from immigrants still have today. Some of us love and appreciate this country while others do nothing but gripe about the injustices. It's good to see both sides, but at the end of the day you have to appreciate this country for what it is and make the best of it. If you hate it so much, why not just leave?

[Levantamos]

@thelonelyslayer Sometimes people simply don't have the means to leave. I heard a Russian guy once complaining about his own native country and remarked, "if I could leave, I would leave right away."

[viavo]

2:25 guy with red pants had too much coffee

[MotorCityPaPa]

When you've grown up on a dead end street, been to war in foreign lands,loved the girl of your dreams & watched her take her last breath ... this masterpiece of love, life, joy & pain ~all in song & beauty~ is an ingenious creation of your soul on screen. When will this world ever learn to enjoy the great diversity we may offer each other; without hate & insult <3 Natalie Wood

[iPoppinshow]

um......glee's way better

[thelonelyslayer]

@iPoppinshow And that's probably only based on the fact that you're a glee fan and that the glee version was the first one you saw before even seeing this clip of the original. The glee version was a good take, but this 61 film was the original and still holds up tremendously to this day.

[Gabanti79XxBilliam85]

This is my absolute favorite scene in the movie. I could watch it nonstop. :')

[EnigmaInDisguise]

My brother came into the room while I was playing this and snorted. Then he started watching, and stood there for the whole song with a weird smile on his face. Then when it was over, and I looked at him, he pretended like he didn't like it and walked away.

[Bmwright12]

I Wish Glee Wouldve Did The Whole Song... I Love This Song!

[elleboucher]

Went to the one time showing of West Side Story in Redondo Beach in Celebration of its 50th Anniversary. Loved seeing it in the theater again!!!

[jaymichele11]

just went to see the 50th anniversary re-release yesterday. love love this song. i agree it was the BEST in the movie. actually made me smile :-)

[Javiquina1]

i love her dress!

[jorgekopr]

A mí me gusta muchísimo esta obra clásica de cultura norteamericana.Por la música y por el tema también.El amor y el naivismo son ambos un tema eterno.En esta canción se confrontan simbólicamente dos posturas típicas-propaganda americana,representada aquí por las chicas,y su confrontación con realidad representada por los chicos.Y son los chicos que tienen razón-la vida en EE.UU.no vale nada,un hombre ahí no se considera un digno ser humano,sino solo un ,,fuente humano".Verdad eterna!

[991woot119]

@jorgekopr Comentario interesante y no creo en que esta es una de mis canciones favoritas de todos los om en esto. De todos modos, no puedo hablar español estoy usando traductor Google.

[jorgekopr]

@991woot119 Gracias por tu aportación.En mi país,esta es la canción quizás más conocida y popular del musical,ya que tenemos también una cover versión de esta.No es importante que no hablas espaňol,el traductor Google está sirviendo evidentemente bien-bastante bien para que nos comprendamos mutualmente.  Saludos!

[991woot119]

@jorgekopr Gracias a mi clase tiene las chicas de la misma haciendo un baile de esta canción y estamos ding oficial krupkey. Hasta ahora tanto se ven realmente bien. Lamentablemente no vamos a ser capaces de enviar un vídeo. Te diré cómo va.

[Melbell1197]

Best.Song.Ever!!

[liettennabenna]

Beautiful. Thank for this post.

[TheDanwulff]

Rita Moreno "what a great actress"

[bribri2kool4skool]

I wonder if this is how my parents felt when they first moves to America......

[leoconvoy]

Is that Rita Moreno singing?

[diego9774]

@leoconvoy It's Betty Wand dubbed in with her i believe.

[Jake4uinto]

@leoconvoy Yes that's RIta Moreno. and she won the Acadamy Award "Oscar" for her performance as Best supporting actress.

[Murderendeight]

I really like the whole song after 1;50 ! The cheerings , the moves and the music make the whole things awesome !from 2;56 to 3;16 , I can totally imagine the cameraman pushing his camera on the floor without any other professional material , with another camera angle that passage could have been so great...But that not important , it's still awesome !

[missellieevans]

I LOVE THE ACCENT ;D<3

[honduranishhgurl]

purple shirt guy has a nice ass. just sayin

[optimussentinel66]

this song is still so prevelant in this day in age. there is still so much racism nowadays but i wouldnt want to be anywhere else

[Goudie]

DON'T TREAD ON ME!!! hahaha

[garonmorgan1]

0:43 is my favorite part, this is my jazz dance for recital!!

[tcampbellla]

Fun!

[alkiss5]

Для меня это была бомба - в середине  70-х .Я думаю и этот фильм и музыка Бернстайна помогли мне сформировать вкус в искусстве...

[crazyduckproductions]

Leonard Bernstein was a genius

[clawstar1]

Bernardo is hot.

[Westrop81]

3:15 how sexy and old school sassy is this woman?! You don't get class like that anymore

[scorpdewd]

This clip is probably 50 years old seeing that West Side Story won Best Picture in 1961. Still brings the goods home, and is a classic for the music, choreography, and cinematography. I disagree with the negative comments posted here with respect to the dialect, camera shots, and where it should start. Watch the whole movie to appreciate the time and efforts of all that made West Side Story a timeless American classic as an urban update of the Bard's Romeo and Juliet.

[lancelot1953]

@scorpdewd

I agree, West Side Story is an American musical classic & was at the time, a very modern rendition of Shakespeare's love story. You are right about all the efforts & labors invested to bring this movie the success it deserve;. some of Hollywood & Broadway's most talented artists contributed to this masterpiece. Artistically, WS Story is the most praised musical of all times, receiving the highest number of Academy Awards for a musical to this day, with 10 wins including Best Picture.

[TwilightGurle]

0:35 "I KNOW YOU DO!" ROFL

[unclelolsam]

its still like that in america accept the part where they sing "industryboom in america"

[NJDominicana246]

industry was booming @ the time

i guess that part's excusable lol

[LisbethsMom]

0:44 is where the video should start. But none of them are cut that way. Whatever.

[LisbethsMom]

:44 is where the video should start. But none of them are cut that way. Whatever.

[takara2]

I love this scene

it always gave me chills

(in a good way=]

[stoogeZILLA]

3:11

What doosh steps in front of the camera shot in a major motion film

[TheSpacedOutGuardie]

OMG I never noticed that!

WTF man!

[larkin78]

I think it's conceivable that that is on purpose, giving the scene a less totally stagey feel, keeps the scene feeling lively and a bit messy. I actually like it. It's what makes Bob Fosse's directing so genius in 'Cabaret'. Then again maybe it's a mistake.

[stoogeZILLA]

See, i too enjoy Cabaret for its unneatness, yet in a major dance sceen like this it just kinda pulls me out like when your watching something in the distance thats really cool then someone gets in the way. i find it slightly irritating.

[hantheroo]

I think it's definitely on purpose. It reminds me of dance scenes in Bollywood movies-- they always have people running in front of the camera, or pillars in the way, so you don't forget it's a scene, not a stage show. Check out Yeh Ladka Hai Allah which is from a 2001 Hindi film: /watch?v=xSznZoLgELw

[cmsingeradstar95]

its the men who were watching the girls dance, they were recording from a camera that was close to the floor, so what, they blocked one/ two people, it doesnt mater.

[NJDominicana246]

right? he freaking walked right in front of it. how is it that the studio didn't redo that take b/c thats just ridiculous

[SitaBrightwind]

Thank god! The only version of this song without a long scene leading up to it! Thank you! ^_^