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Tim Ereneta
@Tim · 3:23

West Side Story teaser trailer - remaking an iconic American film 🤔

article image placeholderSteven Spielberg's "West Side Story" | Official Teaser | 20th Century Studios
She will not be playing the same role, obviously. And of course, who has the gumption to even attempt to revive this? And is Steven Spielberg himself who hasn't really done a full fledged movie music before. Some of his movies have had musical numbers. But if anyone has the vision and gumption to pull this off, it's him. He's really good at manipulating audiences motions, especially with image and music. What do you think?

#musicals #film #StevenSpielberg https://youtu.be/CbUM27qw6a8

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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 1:15
I think that when done properly, stage productions on film can really take on this wonderfully, unique character. And I look forward to that with a little bit of the Spielberg touch
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@MarkR
Mark Francis Rahaman
@MarkR · 4:30

I it’s exciting news

It's more of things, like The Sound of Music. That's their music. And they would know that, but I've never, ever heard them talk about West Side Story. And so I wonder if this will bring a whole new young audience to West Side Story, which will then maybe make them look at the email. The old version. I don't know. It's going to be interesting, though. Wow. I'm going to look and see
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@MarkR
Mark Francis Rahaman
@MarkR · 1:59

Wow

Okay. I've just watched the trailer, and I've got to tell you, man, I got chills. I got chills watching that. I thought, wow, it looks really good. Oh, man, that looks good. I'm excited everything about it
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@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:34

Chill - check! @MarkR

Yeah. That trailer. Wow. I've seen this in so many different configurations. From Romeo and Juliet, down to the Leonard Bernstein, up to the of the controversials in high school, and stillburg got such great people to work on this. And I know there's modernized themes, but it's the enduring theme of the other. I'm really excited, really, really, really excited. Great conversation. Thank you
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@Tim
Tim Ereneta
@Tim · 1:20

@MarkR never knew you were a Shark 🦈 !

Mark, how did I not know you were a theater kid? That is amazing. You've done West Side Story. That's fabulous. Do you remember in the last days of Anchor, there was a guy on there who had just got cast in an international touring production, West Side Story. And he was sending along reports from backstage in Germany and Japan. I've got to go look him up. He's not on audio anymore, but I think I follow on Instagram somewhere
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@MarkR
Mark Francis Rahaman
@MarkR · 2:36

@DBPardes @Tim

Hey, Deborah. Yeah, really exciting. I showed my wife last night. I was like, look at this. It's not her favourite musical, but she, you know, she said, you know, I'll definitely go and see it can't wait. I'm going to look into it. When is the film actually out? But the way it looks and the feel, it's a different level, isn't it?
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