"West Side Story"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 144 minutes

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This week, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Eve O'Dea, Cody Dericks & Daniel Howat joined our main podcast review to discuss Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story," starring Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist & Rita Moreno. Based on the 1957 stage musical of the same name, which was later made into a Best Picture Oscar-winning film, the film has been adapted by Tony Kushner and injected with a 2021 sensibility for its storytelling and marking the first time Steven Spielberg has ever directed a movie musical. There's so much to discuss from the acting by the ensemble, the musical numbers, the craftsmanship Spielberg and his team bring to it, how it compares to the 1961 film, its awards season prospects, and more! We certainly have a lot of opinions to share. Please take a listen down below and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of West Side Story.
0:06.1	Tonight, tonight, the world is full of light.
0:23.6	This is my first time in New York City. I want to be happy here.
0:25.6	I want to make a life at home.
0:28.6	Are you ready?
0:33.6	Tonight is about family.
0:36.6	This Are you ready? Tonight is about family.
0:44.3	The first gringo boy who smiles at you.
0:49.3	I never seen you before.
0:52.3	You're not Puerto Rican. Is that okay? Do you want to start World War III?
0:56.0	Hey!
0:57.0	You know, I wake up to everything I know,
1:01.0	either getting sold or wrecked or being taken over by people that I don't like.
1:05.0	You keep away from him, as long as you're in my house.
1:10.0	I'm a grown up now, Bernardo. I'm going to think for myself. Tony. We need you if we're going to work. Who are you? Friend of all. If you go with him,
1:30.3	No one will ever forgive you. All right,
1:52.0	Even more than love.
2:09.0	All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, and the story is as follows.
2:15.7	Two teenagers from different ethnic backgrounds fall in love in 1950s, New York City.
2:20.9	The film is starring Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez,
2:27.0	Mike Feist, Rita Moreno, Brian to R.C. James and Corey Stoll. It is directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner. Here to join me today for this podcast review. I have Evo Day.
2:32.9	Hello there. Daniel Howitt.
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