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RSVP!!!

The next presentation at Friday Night Movies
Friday, July 21st starting promptly @ 8:00pm
At Eric & Mark's, 31 Mossdale Road, Jamaica Plain

(thanks to Kevin for creating this invite!)

*** WEST SIDE STORY on DVD!!! ***

Please note that this is a fairly long movie; we truly will be 
starting things at 8. We *may* have a short to start it off,
but no guarantees....

(USA, 1961)  Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise.  Starring 
Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn and George 
Chakiris.

Awards: Won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor 
(Chakiris), Best Supporting Actress (Moreno), Best Score, Best 
Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, 
and Best Film Editing {phewww!}
Won Golden Globe for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best
Supporting Actress

Memorable Quotes:

Diesel ("Judge"): In the opinion of this court, this child is depraved 
on account he ain't had a normal home.
Riff: Hey, I'm depraved on account I'm deprived!

Riff: My daddy beats my mommy,
My mommy clobbers me.
My grandpa is a commy,
My grandma pushes tea.
My sister wears a mustache,
My brother wears a dress.
Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess!

Maria: I feel pretty, Oh so pretty
That the city should give me its key.
A committee should be organized to honor me.
I feel dizzy, I feel sunny,
I feel fizzy and funny and fine,
And so pretty, Miss America can just resign!

Trivia:

Natalie Wood's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed 
Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady" and Deborah Kerr in "The King 
and I".

Opening dance sequences were shot on the upper west side of 
Manhattan where Lincoln Center stands today. This area was condemned 
and the buildings were in the process of being demolished to make 
way for Lincoln Center. The demolition of these buildings was delayed 
so that the filming of these sequences could be completed.

The original stage version of Maria's song "I Feel Pretty" included
the lyrics "I feel pretty and witty and bright / And I pity / Any girl
who isn't me tonight." In the film this night scene was changed to the 
daytime, and presumably for this reason, the rhyming words "bright" 
and "tonight" were changed to "gay" and "today."

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