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West Side Story (1979 film) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 7 July 2023 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into West Side Story. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Well, that's one way to avoid a role you don't want

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

"Laurents wanted James Dean for the lead role of Tony, but the actor soon died."

Seriously, the wording there is a bit awkward; could be improved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.253 (talk) 01:57, 18 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Some possible articles about the text's treatment of Puerto Rican culture

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

"A Puerto Rican Reading of the America of West Side Story" (PDF). pp. 62–82.
Negron-Muntaner, Frances (Summer 2000). "restricted access Feeling Pretty: West Side Story and Puerto Rican Identity Discourses". Duke University Press. pp. 83–106.

These sources could be useful in developing the article. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:41, 10 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Egyptian 1979 film

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Is this material WP:NOTEWORTHY with respect to the article about the musical? Or is it just an adaptation that does not pass WP:DUE or ought to be described elsewhere? -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:49, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

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