It's been a long time since we've had a musical on this podcast.  And this is a big one. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' adapt the stage musical (which is - sort of - and adaptation of Romeo and Juliet) wherein two rival gangs sing and dance through fights and fight-dances and dance-fights.  Maria (Natalie Wood) and Tony (Richard Beymer) are our star-crossed lovers trying to secure their love in the face of teen violence, police harassment, gang loyalties, and the crushing pressures of racism and the immigrant experience.

If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den (1970).