it brought mejoy, it brought me excitement, it made me feel sane and alive, so, steven spielberg, thank you very much. we are going to leave you today with rachel zegler, from the movie, singing one of west side story s most popular songs, tonight. # tonight, tonight # it all began tonight # i saw you and the world went away # tonight, tonight, - there is only you tonight # what you are, what you do, what you say # today, all day i had the feeling a miracle would happen # i know now i was right #. hello again.
since films began? i m not saying that we did anything as a countermeasure to that movie, but many, many productions of west side story have very multiracial cast5 where the sharks are played by talent, the kind of kids who can sing and dance and that is all that qualifies them. we just wanted for this movie to get it right in the way that we wanted every single person who plays a puerto rican to be from the latin community and that was a mandate from the get go. i happen to live here on 110th st in upper manhattan and where i am, it is the official boundary between the upper west side and harlem. so, why am i telling you this? because i m new to the neighbourhood, i m very excited to learn that key scenes in the opening prologue of the original 1961 west side story movie were shot right here on this playground. in fact, 5everal new york city
to a close, so, in keeping with tradition, here is my list of the top ten films of the year. 0n the basis of what i ve seen, and that s not everything, here are my choices. at number ten, stephen spielberg s adaptation of the cla55ic broadway musical west side story, reminding us of the talents of its lyricist, the late stephen sondheim. it had electrifying moments, great choreography, and of course great songs. taking the number nine spot, paolo sorrentino s the hand of god, the most personalfilm to date from the italian director, a memorable portrait of him and his exuberant family in naples as he was growing up,
inspired love story, but it has spotlighted primitive bigotry. unfortunately, we have not learned our lesson. the tragedy is result when hate is a5cendant and no room is made for love, that bigotry and prejudice, raci5m are terrible 5ins. well, 2021 is drawing to a close, so, in keeping with tradition, here is my list of the top ten films of the year. 0n the basis of what i ve seen, and that s not everything, here are my choices. at number ten, stephen spielberg s adaptation of the cla55ic broadway musical west side story, reminding us of the
the 1961 west side story film was part of a world where big budget movie musicals ruled the land. they made a lot of money and won oscar trophies. then, in the 19705 and 805, the cinema musical seemed to slip away, but could steven spielberg s west side story herald a rebirth? emma jone5 reports. emma: the road to steven spielberg s west side story started with a 19505 5tage musical starring carol lawrence as maria and larry kert as tony. the broadway version of the musical west side story first appeared here in new york in 1957 in this theatre behind me and the film adaptation followed soon afterwards, not the first time that hollywood has sought to capitalise on broadway 5ucce55.