West Side Story Web Quest http://www.answers.com/topic/west-side-story-film-1 PLOT : 1-13 1. ________________ is updated to the tenements of New York City in this Oscar-winning musical landmark.
2. Describe: The Jets
3. Describe: The Sharks
4 - 13. When the war between the __________ and __________ reaches a fever pitch, Jets leader __________ (Russ Tamblyn)
decides to challenge the Sharks to one last "winner take all" ____________. He decides to meet
Sharks leader ___________ (George Chakiris) for a war council at a gymnasium ___________; to bolster his argument, Riff wants his old pal ____________ (Richard Beymer), the cofounder of the Jets, to come along. But Tony has set his sights on vistas beyond the neighborhood and has fallen in love with ____________'s sister, ______________
(Natalie Wood),
a love that, as in ________________________, will eventually end in tragedy.
Scroll down to Act II for questions 14 - 23 .
The Jets and Sharks arrive at their agreed location for the____________, a fenced dead-end under a stretch of New York highway. As the "fair fight" begins between ____________ and __________, Tony arrives and tries to stop it, but is met with ridicule and mockery from ____________ and the Sharks. Unable to stand by and watch his best friend be humiliated, ____________ angrily lashes out and punches Bernardo ("The Rumble"). Drawing their knives, Riff and Bernardo fight each other. Once ___________ gets the upper hand, ____________ stops him. However, Riff breaks away and runs back into the fight, only to be stabbed by ____________. Riff collapses while handing the knife to Tony and Bernardo looks shocked at what he has done. Enraged, ____________ kills ____________ with Riff's knife, resulting in a full-fledged melee(fight). Suddenly, police sirens blare out and the gang members flee, leaving behind the bodies of Riff and Bernardo.
24 - 30. Blissfully unaware of what has happened, ____________ is waiting for ____________ on the roof of her apartment building. One of the Sharks, ____________ (Jose DeVega), whom ____________has been promised to, arrives and angrily tells her that Tony killed her____________. Tony arrives, and initially Maria lashes out at him in anger, but Tony explains what happened and asks for her ______________ before he plans to turn himself in to the police. Maria decides that she still loves Tony and begs him to ____________with her. They reaffirm their love ("Somewhere"), kiss, and make love for the first time (offscreen).
31 – 45 In Maria's bedroom, she and Tony have just finished making love. The couple hear____________ arriving home, and ____________ and _____________ make quick, whispered arrangements to meet at Doc's drug store and run away together to marry. _______________ hears through the door and knows that something is going on. Tony escapes through the bedroom _______________ and flees, but Anita sees him running away. Anita chides Maria for the relationship ("A Boy Like That"). Anita says that a man who _____________ is bad, but she soon softens as Maria sings back. Maria's heartfelt love ("I Have a Love") wins over Anita, and despite her grief over Bernardo's death, Anita agrees to cooperate with a plan to help Maria and Tony run away and marry, because she is her friend. Anita quickly tells Maria that ________________ is searching for Tony with a gun.
Lieutenant Schrank arrives and questions Maria about the events leading up to the rumble, but Maria is____________________ of Tony and lies to cover for him. To deceive the policeman, Maria sends Anita to Doc's drugstore on the pretense that she is fetching medicine for her _________________. She asks Anita to say she has been detained, explaining she would have gone herself otherwise. Anita's real purpose is to tell Tony (who is found by Anybodys outside Maria's apartment and takes refuge in the cellar of Doc's drugstore) that Maria is detained from meeting him. But when Anita enters the drugstore and asks for Tony, the Jets___________________, harass, and mock ________________ her until Doc stops them. Infuriated by the
attack, Anita gives the Jets a different message for Tony: Maria is______________, shot by Chino for loving Tony. Doc reproaches the Jets, then delivers the message to Tony. In shock and despair, Tony runs to find Chino, shouting "Come and get me, too!", and not knowing that Chino is actually secretly waiting for him.
Now on the playground next to Doc's store, Tony suddenly sees Maria and they begin to run toward each other with joy. Suddenly, Chino appears and shoots________________. As the Jets and Sharks arrive, Maria and a fatally wounded Tony reaffirm their love ("Somewhere"), but Tony ____________ in her arms. Maria takes the gun from Chino and blames the rival gang members for the deaths of Tony, Bernardo, and Riff with their ______________, threatening to kill as many of them as she can, while still leaving one bullet for herself.
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List five(5) differences between the stage production and the film :
