The film West Side Story just had a national re-release of it, in a number of selected movie theatres, nationwide, on June 24th, and on June 27th. Not knowing how the film would do, I bought tickets for myself, my sister-in-law, and a longtime good friend of mine for the evening show on Sunday, June 24th, and for myself on Wednesday evening, on June 27th.
None of us were disappointed; we were all very happily surprised and amazed, in fact. The print of West Side Story was absolutely pristine, and the soundtrack was not only perfect, but it was powerful and in one's face, like it's s