WEST SIDE STORY opens. Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman. Dazzling adaptation of hit Romeo & Juliet-inspired Broadway musical with Natalie Wood & Richard Beymer as star crossed lovers at the centre of conflict between 2 teenage NYC street gangs. Winner of 10 Oscars. Also starring Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chikiris.