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I wish we had heard more of the music from the movie, it was a bit anticlimactic for me. But otherwise online the reception seems to be very positive and I’m still looking forward to our first full trailer as this was just a teaser. It’s too bad we don’t get those 4 minute long trailers like they did back in the old days!
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Yes, it seems everyone loved the teaser on Broadway World. But I don't mind having gotten a shorter teaser than 4 minutes. I like being more surprised when I see the full trailer, or the whole film!
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TV spots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09GTCZvsk0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfJvj7uWl_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI3aGOOqfmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYVydgCNaQ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxsI_WJzTjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gFsCLZL7Rw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJBJabZr9Ec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZs_0iRxskU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moWEqQ_8Ato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_gVEOGp1d0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6abyJh6qVDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjMUxtnlBJw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiivK2hCbcg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRiqokEKYds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViqNcNrwjUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVhlRwKJ9h4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbh3hM-5IP8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO2i5Z51CvE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMl1efIiA9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFhXTnfWvls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXC5PxhabRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk0zRIlHJfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5StI6q0TP0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dim-GjOEQ9k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPe4nwR7R5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra4XVVL7EAY

Featurettes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3jeO01KFAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NstZLMeke4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxa9Z9kFsy8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8hw2cy2lOk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmuriEbIn70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEz6SgGEvNM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJH6flLOm5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqVyR8Ynw_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxVrZUPiwjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=931XMvqHb9k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4MIZH160ls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asZ5_hxcpDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIlutQ5oxro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jA9SnhWSek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLx0bGgWBWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3yju43Y5CM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMPpjw3gV8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwbO1F221rA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GTvpZ-FtPw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFRAysIZng4

Clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jROlkH1a-Iw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQEddtFN3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o72zn8G-UYc

Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5J9MgpkiKQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpyvp5bh7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63v4AlKYzNc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqcsqRwMQCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci4KvD-LW70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvC5nxzJ9vk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcsDfXcPNtE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-BnRlwUGtc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khPWf6oWV-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mauwRpkDIYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0coLMyaoPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMtAi_ffHTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjpwDGxW2DM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CEtEK8QT4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQRsf1PRt0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfqB90WVrls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdCt2Y92rkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QThtLp9r8g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oae6SW5bgeQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTFPsBT27hg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P5ZX24O0U4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39WPioTx1zQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQSikOX7whs
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Beautiful and thrilling.
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Trailer:
https://youtu.be/A5GJLwWiYSg

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I could have been more excited about this film if it had had different lead actors.
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Sooooo excited!!!
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With the mediocre In the Heights, the god-awful Cinderella, and the very poor reviews for Dear Evan Hansen, I am seriously hoping that West Side Story will get us out of the bad-musical slump of 2021. (Though I do still need to see Respect and Annette, the latter of which at least sounds creative.) I wish we could've heard Ansel sing a bit, but I guess we can't have everything in a trailer.
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Why is everything so dimly lit and the colors so muted? Also, Zegler's accent sounds fake and it's distracting.
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A longer trailer than I'd seen prior aired during the Tony's last night. Of course it ws never going to pass the original coming out the gate, but I wasn't really impressed with any of the actors in the trailer other than David Alvarez. Tony in particular is very weaksauce. Hopefully they'll at least be able to sing well.

I haven't seen Dear Evan Hansen or In the Heights yet; to me, those are the biggest surprises as far as them not being well-received. Both looked decent from the advertisements and with Miranda's involvement in the latter, I would've thought it would've been raved over even if it had been terrible. In comparison, for this and Cinderella, both films' ads pretty much tell you not to expect great things coming into it; WSS could still surpass expectations, but Cinderella didn't, unfortunately.
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Disney's Divinity wrote:Both looked decent from the advertisements and with Miranda's involvement in the latter, I would've thought it would've been raved over even if it had been terrible.
Well, In the Heights was raved over by critics. It has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It's audiences who rejected it. Dear Evan Hansen was trashed mainly because its premise was deemed too problematic and we can't have that in our overly PC culture anymore.
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Good to know about ItH. The critics are so predictable that way.
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The trailer gave me chills in the end when I finally watched it on my computer. The poster I find clever and awesome.

Hey, in the original Broadway play, did only girls sing "America" and they added guys in the 1961 film?

Also, in the original play vs the film, were "Cool" and "Officer Krupke" in different spots?
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In the 1957 play, America was an all-girl number. It was originally supposed to include the Shark men, but Jerome Robbins wanted to stage an all-female dance number. The men were brought back in for the 1961 film. This new version includes the men in America, but the lyrics are a hybrid of the 1957 version and the 1961 version.

In the 1957 play, Cool came before Gee Officer Krupke, and the 1961 movie switched their positions. I'm not sure what this movie version will do, but I attended a panel with screenwriter Tony Kushner and he said his version skews more to the 1957 song order, so Tonight is sung before America and I Feel Pretty comes after The Rumble, so I guess Cool is before Krupke.
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I've always enjoyed the all-girls version of "America" more than the version from the first film. And knowing that this new film was going to lean more toward the original show, I was hoping we'd get an all-girls version instead. But oh well. I'm still excited for this.
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TheSequelOfDisney wrote:I've always enjoyed the all-girls version of "America" more than the version from the first film. And knowing that this new film was going to lean more toward the original show, I was hoping we'd get an all-girls version instead. But oh well. I'm still excited for this.
The new film will use both versions of America lyrics. The problem is the all-girl version is more negative toward Puerto Ricans, and also without the boys in the number, the Shark men barely have anything to do musically besides the Quintet.
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More articles.

First Look: The Making of ‘West Side Story’ to Be Chronicled in New Book
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‘West Side Story’ Team on Bringing Contemporary Authenticity to the Timeless Romance
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Tony Kushner on Tackling ‘West Side Story’ With Spielberg: “We Knew We Were Going Into a Complicated Situation”
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‘West Side Story’ Rerecording Mixer Andy Nelson on Every Song’s “Own Level of Complexity”
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‘West Side Story’ Actor Brian d’Arcy James on Why Movie Remakes Should Be Embraced
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Maddie Ziegler on Working With Steven Spielberg on ‘West Side Story’ and the 10-Year Anniversary of ‘Dance Moms’
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How ‘West Side Story’ Star David Alvarez Went From 14-Year-Old Tony Winner to the Army and Back Again
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‘West Side Story’ Finds Its Rhythm on Location in New Jersey
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How ‘West Side Story’s’ First-Class Music Team Preserved the Authenticity of Leonard Bernstein’s Score
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From ‘West Side Story’ to ‘Snow White,’ Rachel Zegler Is Living Her Own Hollywood Fairytale
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Steven Spielberg on Authentic Casting in ‘West Side Story’: ‘This Is the Way to Do It’
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How ‘West Side Story’ Tried to Contain Its Ansel Elgort Problem
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How Janusz Kamiński Used Light and Shadows to Create Drama in Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’
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‘West Side Story’s’ Iris Menas Brings New Dimension to Old Character
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Ariana DeBose on Shooting ‘West Side Story’ in Blistering Heat and the Policing of Who’s Considered Latino
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The story behind the re-imagining of several key West Side Story musical numbers
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West Side Story stars Ariana DeBose and Rita Moreno open up about Anita's attempted sexual assault
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Now vs Then: Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner Discuss the Changes Made to “West Side Story”
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Photos: Costumes from Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” Showcased at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
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Steven Spielberg on making West Side Story with Stephen Sondheim: ‘I called him SS1!’
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Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner & Rita Moreno on ‘West Side Story,’ Using Spanish Without Subtitles, and Stephen Sondheim’s Involvement
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‘West Side Story’s Ansel Elgort and Mike Faist on Watching Steven Spielberg and Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski Set Up the Incredible Shots
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Steven Spielberg and Rachel Zegler on ‘West Side Story’ and Which of Spielberg’s Films Changed the Most In the Editing Room
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‘West Side Story’s Ansel Elgort and Mike Faist on Watching Steven Spielberg and Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski Set Up the Incredible Shots
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‘West Side Story’s Ariana Debose and David Alvarez on the Way Steven Spielberg Shattered Their Expectations
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Corey Stoll on ‘West Side Story,’ What It’s Like Working With Spielberg, and When He Realized a Lot of People Watch ‘Billions’
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‘West Side Story’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell On Deciding Colors and Fabrics for the Jets and the Sharks
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How Rachel Zegler Found Maria’s Voice In Her Star-Making Turn in Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’
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Mike Faist on Riff’s Nihilism and Self-Preservation in ‘West Side Story’
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Ariana DeBose on the Gift of Being Seen in Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’
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David Alvarez On the Groundbreaking Turns in This New Version of ‘West Side Story’
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‘West Side Story’ Music Supervisor Matthew Sullivan on Adapting the Classic Score for Modern Cinema
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Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner’s Fresh Take on ‘West Side Story’
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Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story Hits All the Right Notes
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Inside the World Premiere of West Side Story
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Dressing 1950s New York City in West Side Story
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Making Their Mark in West Side Story
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9 Sensational Stories from the West Side Story Press Conference
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Thank you for the info, tsom!
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Fandango Movie Clip: "Tonight"

The directing is great, the singing is beautiful! I'm surprised at how good it is, for Ansel! Rachel is also better than I even thought she would be!
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