Finale
West Side Story [Original Broadway Cast] Lyrics

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MARIA: Hold my hand and we're halfway there.

MARIA AND TONY: Hold my hand and I'll take you there,
Somehow...

MARIA: Some day!

Overall Meaning

The song "Finale" in West Side Story is a culmination of the entire story, where the characters finally realize the futility and tragedy of their actions. The lyrics "Hold my hand and we're halfway there" shows that Maria and Tony, who represent the two warring gangs, have found love and hope amidst the chaos. They understand that together, they can overcome the hatred and violence that has engulfed their world. They are determined to make the best of their situation and work towards a better future. The repetition of the line "Hold my hand and I'll take you there" emphasizes their commitment to each other.

The lyrics "Somehow...Some day!" captures the uncertain nature of their prospects, but also their unwavering belief in a better tomorrow. They are hopeful that one day, their love will be enough to bring peace to their world. However, their hope is tinged with sadness, as they know that it will not be an easy journey. The song ends with a haunting melody, as they sing "Some day!" repeatedly, showing that their ultimate goal is still far away.

Line by Line Meaning

Hold my hand and we're halfway there.
If we stick together and support each other, we can overcome any obstacle and find our way to a better future.

Hold my hand and I'll take you there, Somehow...
Trust me, even if the path is uncertain or difficult, I will do everything in my power to bring us to a place of peace and happiness.

Some day!
Although the road ahead may be long and challenging, we can cling to the hope that one day we will reach our goal and realize our dreams.

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12CLASSICS

2y↑193

It’s astounding how Maria essentially goes through all 5 stages of grief in this scene.

1. Denial (“then we’ll get away…yes, we can, yes, we will…”)
2. Anger (“you all killed him”)
3. Bargaining (“and still have 1 bullet left for me”)
4. Depression (the breakdown to sobbing)
5. Acceptance (“te adoro, Anton”)

And Natalie Wood nails every beat.

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12CLASSICS

2y↑193

Erick Rosales

45w↑4

Never thought about it until now, thanks!

DD

34w

6. Regret (only her finger print on the weapon)

Aarushi Yadav

2y↑108

I just watched the remake and it was good but this ending really hits you. The whole gangs being here and Maria's speech with them singing somewhere makes it great. Especially the way Natalie Wood gets exhausted of their hate at 3:46 is heartbreaking.

Takeshi Kujo

2y↑118

One died with love, the other lives with hatred.

That is more tragic than the fate of Romeo & Juliet.

Raymond Brereton

47w↑1

😢💔

Adrian Nicolini

42w

I didn’t read the play. But I don’t care about spoilers. How are their fates exactly?

K J Dee

41w

@Adrian Nicolini They both die, basically.

Stephanie Gittinger

38w

@Adrian Nicolini WSS is R and J modernized.

ERODEROD37

4y↑760

Maria: Loving is enough

Tony: Not here. They won’t let us be.

That line breaks me every time I see this scene.

Vincent Fisher

3y↑5

Where to? Where can one go?

Selene's spoilers!

3y↑5

@Vincent Fisher heaven....

housing6

2y↑3

This scene has scarred me for life.

Timothy Lewis

2y↑1

I saw this film on television at 11. It was the first grown up film to move me to tears. It still does at 60. A brilliant piece of artwork.

Blavatsky on Ice 🫀

43w↑1

@Timothy Lewiswould be cool if more people on the planet had your empathy 🖤

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Stephen McFarland

2y↑108

I've been lucky enough as only a 31 year old to have seen this three times on the big screen. I cry every time it comes to this scene. I get chills whenever Natalie Wood breaks down and weeps. It's extraordinary art. A prime example of how moving, poetic, and resonant art can be, especially as a response to issues in our world.

Andrew Rocha

2y↑2

Stephen, this response gets mad snaps from me. Your response is EXACTLY where my heart is.

JohnG

44w↑5

The original can rarely be beaten , and this still remains the best .

Nick 0liver

2y↑44

I love Tony's face when he suddenly sees her alive and walking into the park. I can't even imagine the happiness he felt. Like winning the lottery x infinity

JustPippaNY

2y↑609

This scene in the remake hit me even harder, from Maria seeing Chino with the gun and shouting "NO!" to Tony's love being so strong that he keeps running towards her until he's shot a second time.

Emilia Ficarra

2y↑109

True, it's even more tragic. But I would've liked them to keep Maria's speech, when she says "You killed them, not with guns, but with hate". The meaning of the film is in that speech.

Jeff Mora

2y↑58

@Emilia Ficarra Big facts the remake was phenomenal and I think overall better but the super climactic scenes lacked the punch this version had. Maria's speech was key and they cut it

Eddie Hanley

2y↑33

The remake is such a mixed bag. I think everything like the rearranging of songs, the changing of dialogue, the new cast, etc. is all hit or miss, but a BIG hit or miss. Some things are so much better than this movie, and I never thought I would say that. Other things are so much worse I feel like they changed it just to be different. Overall, its always nice to have two versions to pick from though!

BTTFMovie

2y↑37

@Emilia Ficarra That's exactly why they changed it. That line straight up tells you "this is the moral of the story in case you don't get it" and it comes off as tacky. Spielberg's version is confident enough that the message about hate and senseless tragedy is made clear by virtue of just watching the film. It's always better to show than to tell.

Buck Douglas

2y↑20

The 2 things that crushed my heart in the remake were that while maria is singing to tony he is just smiling at the fact he get to die in the arms of the woman he loves. Also when the sharks help carry him away i was like "* sniff fuckin respect man."

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IT'S Me

2y↑129

Definitely love the ending on the original more. "Somewhere" plus Maria's speech feels way more powerful here. "You ALL killed him! With Hate! And now I can kill too! Because I have hate!!!"

WAY more powerful here.

miap

2y↑7

Yes 100%! Natalie Wood did a prenominal job, and the look on her face at the very end when she looks to the side, then stands up and walks away. Her expression in that look is so powerful.

GRISEL GRISEL

1y↑1

why do a remake when all is here?

KannaChu

1y↑1

@GRISEL GRISEL better film quality.. and actually people of color🤨🤨

xhappyponyx was my old name

1y↑3

I think this version is beautiful, but for me, this scene in the remake was far more realistic (especiallyyyyy in the acting department), and much more emotionally wrenching. Yes, her speech is different, but she still hits the same beats thematically/emotionally in the newer rendition. If anything, it’s less theatrical, which, again, makes it even more realistic. I can understand being sentimental towards the original, especially if it was a big part of your own younger years— and I do think there are certain things that are done better in the original— but I think Spielberg takes the trophy for this particular scene

Fairy

@KannaChu as a latina I would rather have a better white actress than a bad latina actress rachel zegler just has bad acting 🤷🏽‍♀️

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William Rowley

3y↑340

I love how this is actually Natalie singing in this part apparently it’s the only part in the whole movie where it’s actually her voice and not Marni Nixon’s. such a beautiful movie and story. Always makes me cry this scene.

iloveprettygirls

3y↑8

Marni nixion sung 3 of the songs including Rita Moreno with another women because she couldn’t do the lowered notes. Marni did 2 lines for Natalie in Spanish.

charley Farley50

3y↑8

Took me 30 secs, and I’m balling already. Excellent acting 😢😢😢

Ann S

@Allison chino

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Tony Melson

2y↑116

The new version does an amazing job as well, they added back story that makes the characters even more in depth which makes it all so much more tragic. This story never get old

Luke M

2y↑1

So out of place for this scene. You must be a troll

aminahcm

2y↑14

@Luke M Why are you calling him a troll? He just gave his opinion and art is subjective. God knows how many time I've seen the original. But I've also seen the new re-imagining of WSS. And to me the new version complements the original version.

Tony Melson

2y↑9

@aminahcm he’s looking for someone to take the bait and I’m not going to do it ;)

Mon Mothma

2y↑1

@Tony Melson Good for you :)

tarquinv

2y↑3

I disagree. The original remains the classic and has more emotional wallop. it won 11 Oscars!!!!!

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GRISEL GRISEL

1y↑14

one of the best moment of my life, the performance not only in cinema the marvelous piece of music this will always be amazing !

seesthruit

2y↑49

I just don’t feel anyone can touch Natalie Wood, even though she was not Latina or sang, she had “it”. This movie can never be duplicated. It had atmosphere, superb dancing, and Rita Moreno! I cry just thinking of how much impact it had on me in 1961.

hephzbah1130

2y↑3

Well written. To me there is ONLY ONE film version of West Side Story(I refused to watch or think about the remake). Natalie Wood is the ONLY Maria. It’s my favorite musical. Thank you

xhappyponyx was my old name

1y↑3

What’s great is that Spielberg did not try to replicate this at all. He completely made it his own.

xhappyponyx was my old name

1y↑4

@hephzbah1130 How bitter must you be to refuse to even think about the newer adaptation? (It’s not a remake. Nor was the 1961 film the “original” since the stage show came first.) You are sorely missing out on some phenomenal performances— most notably from Ariana DeBose, who is an actual Broadway actress who won the Grammy for best supporting actress for her show stopping performance as Anita! She stole the show and absolutely had me in tears for A Boy Like That/Love. Truly phenomenal. The definition of a triple threat in every way. And the choreography and cinematography were stellar! But Spielberg really made it his own, rather than attempting to copy such a classic and inevitably failing. Some scenes are different, or added, etc. So if you’re the kind of person to hate a work simply because it isn’t beat for beat exactly like the first version (which defeats the point of making a new version anyways), then surely you would hate the new movie. Or any stage adaption at taht.

Conns

2y↑40

I like how in this version maria mentions Riff. It shows that she actually cared about the Jets just as she cared for the sharks.

12CLASSICS

39w↑1

I agree. It’s a little detail with great power that’s easy to miss. She didn’t even know Riff, but his life still matters to her.

Mike Collins

44w

This was the first film I ever went to see on my own, without my parents, and throughout my life, it has always stayed in my top ten. Even now that I'm an old man, I still find this scene devastating and heartbreaking. One hand, one heart always brings a tear to my eyes too. Why did they make a new version of it? When you have something that's perfect, you can't improve on it.

J Giza

4y↑302

Amazing scene... tears flowing... There's a place for us, somewhere a place for us.

Dot McFarlane

4y↑8

Those are beautiful lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ❤

Nancy Cornett

3y↑1

Tears always 😢

Marìa Giordano

1y↑4

5:23 i love how some of the members of the sharks chime in to help the jets carry Tony’s body away, it shows a little bit of uniting between the two

Daisy

2y↑17

I love how Maria crumbles after she demands Chino how many bullets. It shows off her heartbreak over losing Tony. In the new adaptation, I was expecting the same reaction but it never came. The new Maria didn't seem angry enough. It was a bit distant unlike this one.

Meg C

2y↑179

My only big qualm with the remake is how they rushed the ending. Natalie Wood is amazing here. You feel like she might actually pull the trigger, the almost crazed look in her eyes as she's aiming the gun around before the desperation and heartbreak overwhelms her and Maria collapses. I'm not sure, but it felt like the remake robbed her of the big "killed them with hate" moment which of course is the moral of the story.

Lucia Imparato

2y↑14

I agree , the ending in the remake was too rushed, in this original.itbgoes for a while that you can really get a chance to feel Maria's pain. The original.was way better than the remake ,,although they were both good movies.

Paul J

2y↑4

They also did not use the soundtrack like they did here ...

Lucia Imparato

@Paul J what do u mean

Baguette Gott

2y↑11

@Lucia Imparato In the original, Maria sings "Somewhere", and the soundtrack afterwards is also largely referencing that song.
In the remake, she sings "Tonight" instead, and the soundtrack seemed to mostly reference "Tonight" and "I have a love".
And I agree with Paul J here, I prefer the version that leaned heavily on "Somewhere". It's thematically more appropriate, and I just find the melody unbearably beautiful.

IT'S Me

2y↑3

Seriously tho. Why would they shorten her speech so much on the remake?

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Robin Lamastus

2y↑29

This story broke my damn heart, it's like the movie Titanic before its time.
This scene stabbed me... because, gosh, so relatable! It hurts and my eyes are red, even though a lot of time has passed and I have found happiness and love. It is true, we do not forget this love.
The symbolic nature of her "veil" at the end is important, and powerful.
I read Gone With the Wind during the pandemic. When a woman marries and is windowed, she was once required to wear a veil until marriage. We still remember a veil in a regular marriage, but I imagine the meaning of previous loss has been lost from us (because of war). I'm glad for that book, this film, the remake, and all of the loss I have endured; as well as the love I have found.

E H

2y↑274

Listen carefully to the part where Maria says “Don’t you touch him!” In her biography, Marni Nixon mentions that she overdubbed that line along with Natalie Wood. They wanted to give it more strength and body so both women were saying it. It wasn’t melded perfectly. But that’s why it sounds so dramatic.

Luke M

2y↑10

That's weird

John Hsu

2y↑12

Wow, it's so obvious (and bizarre) when you're listening for it, but you're right - it totally works!

Mon Mothma

2y↑9

Really?? I never would have guessed! That line is always the one that's stuck with me the most!

Anita B

2y↑11

..and it did give it more strength. This scene in the original hit me me harder than the remake. The remake was respectfully good but some of the scenes and characters touched me more

JoAnn Baca

2y↑13

@Anita B same here. The ending of the remake seemed rushed and not as emotional as the original.

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valerie campbell

3y↑95

the bit where they are struggling to pick up Tony's body and the other side rushes to help gets me every time

Elizabeth Figueroa

2y↑43

The remake can’t touch this sorry not sorry. It’s like little women, everything and everyone is going so fast like it’s just trying to get it over with. This version took its time, it made you feel Maria’s despair and the sharks and jets realization of what their hate created. Even her whisper to tony about how she loves and adores him is soft, slow and sweet. ❤️❤️

Gridball 1960

2y↑2

Perhaps, but the original is now over sixty years old and like all movies of that age, no matter how good, is largely unknown to most people under the age of thirty. The remake, which I thought was done well, now reawakens to a new generation. And some of those will go on and watch the original, having never previously even known of it's existence.

Stéphanie Moura

2y↑5

This ending is so amazing! It really embraces all the exaggeration of tragedies and you feel all the rough emotion. The entire movie embraces this exaggeration, and that's why I prefer this version than the new one, even though Spielberg's has much better singing, dancing and even acting in some aspects. Not to mention that the movie is stunningly beautiful.

Lord Cellytron

2y↑43

I remember the first time I watched this movie. It was June… 15? 1999. I was fourteen. My mother was always watching it and I dismissed it as a corny old person movie. But the music was really good so I figured I’d have it on in the background.

I was sitting on the couch drawing, and during the last ten or so minutes I was just stunned, couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. I was going “no no no no no no”

Around this part I realized I was crying. I was full into my angsty teen years and I was just… sobbing, lol.

It was SO HOT in my apartment and the sun was going down, it literally just got dark as Tony was dying. I felt like I was in the movie. Watching on my crappy 90s TV in standard definition, the whole world melted away and I was right here in this moment.

seesthruit

2y↑2

What a moment for you.. very universal.

Carol Santos

2y↑46

this final scene is so much better than the final scene in the remake

Alexander

2y↑4

Yeah, much better. This is the main factor that makes it a better film, although other scenes are better and more spectacular in Spielberg´s version.

seesthruit

2y↑1

I think too because the bond between them was portrayed with much more depth & joyful emotion that this ending truly hit hard.

William Craig

3y↑293

The moment that really hits me is the last one, of Baby John putting Maria's shawl on for her. Then the way she stands, straightens herself and follows the others.

SwiftFox Productions

3y↑21

That moment is so powerful.

blueroses

2y↑23

When guys from both gangs carry Tony away. That gets to me.

Anita B

2y↑3

yes this... crying watching this scene

Robin Lamastus

2y↑8

I remember reading Gone With the Wind, and the book explained that after you were windowed, you had to have a vail over your face in black to represent your loss until you remarried. I feel confident that they honored this tradition, despite the fact that their marriage was not honored by law.

Mon Mothma

2y↑7

I know. Dignity personified. The new movie is good, but these moments, the old one did better.

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C Me

2y↑18

I finally got to watch the new “West Side Story.” I loved it but no one can match the original. They are both fantastic..🥰

Chris C

2y↑2

saw it last night too and man… tony’s death felt more tragic in the reimagine as well as making chino a great character with development instead of a gangster like its so sad😭, just wish they kept a similar and longer speech like the original but still was a good movie(:

Julia McQueen

2y↑75

I’ve seen the new version of WSS and I have to say I like both endings. The one from 1961 is more dynamic while the one from 2021 is more emotional but they’re both good so why do people in comments fight about it. For me it’s obvious that people would like the older version better because they grew up watching it, it’s like if they did a Harry Potter remake with totally different actors (even if it would be more true to the book people would hate it cause it’s new)

Nora Beisser

Is the new version scary? Like could a 12 year old watch it?

Shaye Isabel

2y↑5

@Nora Beisser it isn’t scary it’s just very gritty. If your okay with that then yeah I don’t see why they wouldn’t enjoy

Nora Beisser

@Shaye Isabel thanks you so much!

Simply Walk

1y↑2

A masterpiece of film history which will never forgotten 🙏🙏🙏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jason C

2y↑26

Nothing will ever beat the original, but I have to say that the new version really got this scene right.

卵.

2y↑15

had to be one of the saddest endings i've seen in awhile.
it's just sad cause he kept running to her regardless of being shot twice and even while he was dying he was still smiling because she was there, alive.
as much as i didn't really like the acting or anything during the beginning of the film, this scene had he balling my eyes out.

Julian Sukel

2y↑19

I’ve seen this movie 10 times and this scene still brings tears. The ending of the new one had the entire theater laughing.

Heyitsanabanana

2y↑3

Why where you laughing?

Julian Sukel

2y↑4

@Heyitsanabanana The acting was waaaayyyyy over the top

Heyitsanabanana

2y↑1

@Julian Sukel oh gotcha, yeah it's a musical. Everything is over the top 🤣

SymphonyBrahms

2y↑6

Nobody laughed in my theater. Most people were crying and applauding. I guess because it was a better film directed by a great director, Steven Spielberg, instead of the original film directed by a hack like Robert "Sound of Music" Wise (ugh) and featuring Natalie Wood being dubbed by Marni Nixon and everyone else being dubbed by other studio singers. So fake.

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WiKi Studios

1y↑2

This scene is literally the internet nowadays. It's shocking how ahead of its time this movie was.

Ms Cheryl B

3y↑50

No matter how many times I see the end of west side story it always makes me cry 😭

saskiapanter

3y↑69

My heart breaks every time I hear her scream: Don't you TOUCH HIM!! 💔 😔

tarquinv

2y↑1

YES. That line was so much more moving than the new version. It gave me chills.

seesthruit

2y↑1

@tarquinv Natalie had quite an impact on screen.. one of the greatest & gone very tragically.

Mario

2y↑5

There is no other West Side Story for me but this original. I was 13 years old when I first saw this movie and watched it so many times over they years. The actors and the movie were so amazing, but this ending with Natale Wood was simply the best! West Side Story 2 could never compare to this original movie nor the ending scene in 2 was in my opinion no where near as this ending. Those were great years the 60's for so many reasons.

Iced Tea

4y↑247

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

“You did not kill with bullets and guns but with hate
And now I can kill because I have hate”

Gabrielle Clennon

3y↑28

"How many can I kill, Chino? How many?
And still have one bullet for me?"

NinetalesAnimations YT

2y↑6

I wasn’t expecting the ending when I first saw this movie 😭😭😭

thechelseachannel

2y↑45

The ending here was much better than the new version. Excellent ending. Brings me to tears.

RedDogAlways

2y↑19

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks so! I just saw the new one in theaters and while it was good, the ending didn’t hit HALF as powerfully as this does

thechelseachannel

2y↑19

@RedDogAlways Agreed. I thought the same thing once the movie ended. Movie was good, but the ending seemed rushed and definitely not as emotionally tragic as it should have been.

Bill Solomon

2y↑4

Agreed

leevamar

2y↑13

Yes I feel bad for saying so bc I thought the new one’s ending was fine but it def wasn’t the same. It is def rushed like y’all said (at least compared to how much the original lingers) and also the tiny reprise of Tonight just doesn’t have the same emotional punch as Somewhere, like you have to wait longer to get to the score playing Somewhere at the end there in the new one

hippiecheezburger

4y↑116

One of my favorite films ever it’s so beautiful and sad

seesthruit

2y↑2

It affected my view of life and love, tragedy, teenage angst, dance & music. I was very impressionable at age 13. I saw it at a big premier in SF. I think I still have the booklet. It was rare to see a film with an intermission.
I remember my friends and I would dance down the sidewalk like Jets & Sharks.

Odile Jones

3y↑36

I’ve always wondered especially as Romeo and Juliet both die in the end. Why the musical ends with Maria living and not shooting herself at the end? I always thought that would be more tragic. She gives that big speech about hate then turns the gun on herself. In front of everyone. A true Romeo and Juliet where they both die. That would bring the jets and sharks together more. But her losing her innocence and naïveté across the show is still potent. Just I think the star crossed lovers both dying is more of a gut punch. Especially with the most innocent one choosing to end her life rather than live in such a destructive world.

Anna G

3y↑46

If she’s lives
She’s a living reminder of what their hate cost them both. She’ll be forever sad and they’ll have to see it
If they both die, they can forget what hate did to them and the lesson will fade as their memories of tony and Maria do
I think that’s why she lives

Odile Jones

3y↑5

@Anna G but isn’t that dramatically more interesting she dies and there’s this moment of unity but it’s still ambiguous as to how long this truce will last. Gang violence is still a problem today. It didn’t go away with the fifties especially with the rhetoric/actions around race and immigration being what it is. Or on the other hand I don’t think anyone would forget a girl shooting herself in front on them that’s a pretty graphic visual that tends to linger.

Anna G

3y↑1

@Odile Jones it’s surprising what some people can (choose to) forget
Especially when it conflicts with their self interests

apizzathatgiant forthesimplehuddledmasses

3y↑13

Originally, that was how it was going to end. Maria was going to shoot Chino and then herself just as the cops pulled up. However, the writers felt that would be too emotionally devastating to the audience so they changed it.

cathyv51

3y↑30

In a way, Maria does die. Her innocence and purity of spirit dies.” I can kill too, because now I have hate!”

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JP Music

2y↑7

Hands down. The original was perfection. 😃

MiaMay

2y↑5

This scene is so painful to watch! I remember the first time watching this and being like wait it’s over nooo, I was so sad 😭 it’s so sad that nobody let them be and love each other and then they ended killing both Maria’s brother and love 😭😭 THE PAIN I FELT WHILE AND AFTER WATCHING THIS SCENE!!!

Mari Kau

2y↑3

This is why somewhere needed to be sung by tony and maria. This reprise hits you like a train. In the remake they did a reprise of tonight instead because somewhere was sung by valentina. Overall i believe both movie adaptations of the musical deserve to exist.

Linny Crocus

Imagine if Tony and Maria sang Somewhere. Then after Tony's death Valentina starts to sing Somewhere reprise and helps a grief stricken Maria off the ground.

Airose of Love

1y↑4

That sad moment when you realize your protecting an empty vessel and their soul is gone

Lauren Buckner

3y↑64

My favorites ever!! I cry every time when she says “te adoro, Anton” 😭❤️😭❤️

Grant Farkas

2y↑14

This original scene is more powerful it reminds me of the Romeo and Juliet film from 1968 where both sides are blamed for the death of the two star crossed lovers! 😥🥀 West Side Story was a modern rendering of Romeo and Juliet adapted to the streets of New York City. Instead of the Montague's and the Capulets its the Jets and Sharks! Tony is Romeo to Maria's Juliet the star crossed lovers who's love for each other ends in tragedy! 😥🥀💔

Judy Morales

2y↑17

I love this ending better than in the reimagine West Side Story.

Sarah Wilson

2y↑11

Here after watching the remake. While I liked it, this is just beyond superior. Natalie Wood is Maria.

TheTigers62

2y↑9

I saw the remake tonight here at home on the HBO channel I watched it twice and I beg to differ the original had more power and especially this last with the late great MS. Natalie Wood when she yelled out ''stand back'' and Don't Touch him ''' and also when she collapsed to the ground crying. That acting come from way deep inside. I' know that Ms. Rachel Zegler did a fantastic job, but I didn't feel the emotion from her in the last scene .. God Bless the late great Ms. Natalie Wood !!

Libby W

2y↑2

Without fail this makes me cry.. everytime

Carlos Jara 1884

4y↑38

Very sad, but epic scene

Angelo Mordini

2y↑8

I liked the acting better in the new one and the way it went down but the last two moments of this scene are much better in the original- the way the sharks come in to help the jets lift Tony and for a second they hesitate but then accept, and the way baby Johnny puts the shawl on Maria

Marvelass

2y↑5

They exit like a funeral procession, and she looks like a widow in mourning. I love it.

HARD METAL HOUR

2y↑3

I still cry when I watch this scene

Fátima Bardales

2y↑2

José De Vega died Sunday [April 8, 1990] to a Filipino father and Colombian mother, De Vega began his career as the character Chino in the Broadway and film versions of “West Side Story.”

For the last nine years, De Vega had choreographed, directed and performed in concerts and productions of Great Leap, a Los Angeles group of Asian American artists working to end entertainment stereotype

I thik You neet know that

MadameTamma

2y↑47

When Maria sings to Tony as he dies there is no music score. She's alone.

JulieDelaneyWrites

51w

When I was a teen, I had a major crush on Richard Beymer after seeing him in Disney's Johnny Tremain. Watched this because of him... this is NOT how I was expecting this to end. 😭

Brent Reid

3y↑29

Hypothetically speaking imagine if things would have worked out and they moved away to the country. Tony would have never EVER won an argument " Maria, we just can't afford that.." "Well Bernardo did promise to buy me one but..."

Lord Cellytron

2y↑7

Oh my god I absolutely love this. I was sitting here all weepy, but just this idea is cracking me UP!

Tony doing the slow burn and Maria just primly sitting, knowing she’s totally getting that new whatever 🤣🤣

Brad Jennings

4y↑61

I saw this in a 1960s re release. Its one of my all time favorite movies.

The Josh Sings

3y↑1

Brad,you won’t believe this but this was the first DVD I bought

Nikki X

3y↑3

It's my favorite movie musical. 👍🏽 My Dad introduced us to the movie when we were kids (I was a young teen in the 80s). I watched almost every 1-2 years afterwards, and always teared up or cried each time. The dance scenes from Sharks and Jets are marvelous to this day.

Dot McFarlane

2y↑1

@The Josh Sings It was MY first DVD too. I wanted to get it on VHS but that wasn't possible so I bought a DVD player!! 😄😄

emd78s

One detail I never paid attention to is only some of the Jets and the Sharks (who carried the body away) realized (at least for the moment) that the only thing that was gonna result in the fighting was more of this and it's not worth it. The remaining people who on both sides just walked off after staring at each other, showed that there will always be hate amongst the 2 sides.
At least that's what it seemed to me.

Linny Crocus

I need catharsis as a viewer. Yeah I get that in real life people don't get the chance to make big dramatic speeches. But that's why we turn to musicals and movies to express the pain and joy and tragedy and anger and heartbreak that life gives us. That's why I love this scene so much. It's a horrible thing that happened and it allows the audience to process it. It allows the audience to grieve.

King TJ

3y↑61

The Jets and the Sharks should be ashamed of themselves because Tony died from their stupid gang war! And then Maria grabs the gun from Chino and tells the Jets and the Sharks that they are all responsible for the deaths of Riff, Bernardo, and Tony. Then the police arrive and arrest Chino while the gang members of the Jets and Sharks carry Tony’s body away. And then it just ends with the living characters walking away, with a beautiful somber instrumental “Somewhere playing, I really love this movie.

marina 2

3y↑5

Yeah they should be, And they are.

Baguette Gott

2y↑2

I don't so much mind the dialogue cuts in the remake, but it really bothers me that they replaced Maria singing "Somewhere" with "Tonight". And the instrumental parts of "Somewhere" afterwards are largely replaced by the melody from "I have a love".

It makes sense in that version, because Valentina sang "Somewhere" instead of Tony and Maria, so why would she reference it to him at the end?
But idk, musically, I find this one more moving.

Allen Montalvo

2y↑2

Thanks 🙏 for showing the complete end instead of cutting it out like the other "Movie Clips" does. It adds more meaning to it when both gangs carry Tony and the ending scene is complete with music and all!!!

alysha kelley

2y↑2

The remake scene was so raw 😭just shooken to the core

Pro Wolf

49w↑1

I actually find this ending much better than the 2021 because it has all the cast in the end. the 2021 didn't have any of the other girls

Raymond Brereton

44w↑3

Listen to Maria her hearts broken to end of Tony 😭💔

Anibal Babilonia

3y↑28

Definetly one of the greatest movie ever produced! 👌😎👍👉❤🙏rip Natalie Woods 👋😪

Alexander

Wood

christine ruscoe

3y↑17

Beautiful movie but sad a classic 😍

Mariluz Gonzalez rizzo

37w

GRAN PELICULA!!!!

Dasha Lukashina

2y↑2

This film was the tragedy of my 8 years. I was watching it every weekend waiting that Riff and Bernardo would stay alive.

r leahey

2y↑2

If you don't get chocked up or shed a tear during this scene your not human you must be robot.

Mrs. Stephanie Turpen

3y↑22

natalie wood was an amazing actress

Stern Taler

2y↑9

I really loved Spielberg’s version. But the original ending scene is just so much better in my opinion. The new one felt so rushed, I don’t now… It just didn’t give off the same feeling.

Saori kido

3y↑7

I cried a lot of times on this scene :(

Gabrielle Clennon

3y↑41

Well there you go Jets and Sharks
You see where Hate gets you?
"You all killed him, Bernardo and Riff not with bullets and guns but with Hate!!"

Cartoon Central

This reminds me of that episode of Fat Albert

Gabrielle Clennon

@Cartoon Central Right

Kate Efkeman

27w↑1

This remind me of how we accept death and live out our dream

Kevin Butler

3y↑22

I wouldn't blame poor"Maria"for being angry..they killed "Tony","Bernardo" and "Riff"but with hate and anger and bigotry..not just violence.

ClareKix

2y↑6

I like that in the 2021 remake, Maria is wearing blue at the end to signify that she has become more aligned with the Jets, or at the very least Tony.

John Doyle

2y↑5

Grade A Masterpiece

Fabinho Dantas Flappers

2y↑1

Masterpiece!

TheLDSFruitarian

2y↑13

I like this ending better than the new one. However, I would have lost my mind!! I would have grabbed the gun and killed myself!! In both versions Maria is WAY TOO CALM!! Sorry! In all reality that impetuous love and first sight, and running away together, is SO POWERFUL that you would NOT be that calm at his murder!!! Sorry.

JOSE TORRES

2y↑2

Always will cry at this scene!!

Brian Jackson

2y↑14

Sadly, the new 2021 version does not capture this end-scene emotion nearly as well as the original.

Andrew Wanner

In some ways. But Rita Moreno's work makes up for it.

mo58487

2y↑7

I watched Speilberg's remake expecting it to be ok, and in the end, it's horrible for so many reasons, but their flubbing of this scene in every way is a big one.

Leaf Odan

3y↑15

Natalie Wood didn’t know her voice wouldn’t be used for Maria’s singing parts.

Roy Piwovar

2y↑4

Except this one.

Gunther The Quizmaster

You, you, with no regard for the feelings of others, had the nerve to call him back here by name! - The Grand Duke of Owls, Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
They left us nothing. Nothing. Why do we have to right their wrongs? Sometimes, one must be sacrificed for the good of many. - 1, 9 (2009)
We have to forgive ourselves, or everything we ever were will mean nothing. - Mary Jane Watson, Spider-Man 3 (2007)

windsongshf

2y↑1

I'm already tearing up!

Ayla Reinoehl

2y↑11

I want to know what happens to Anita. She is one of my favorite characters in this movie and I always wondered what happened to her

h e l l o

2y↑9

i think it's implied she leaves NYC. or she just lives quiet life with Maria there.

Andrew Wanner

2y↑5

@h e l l o When/if Maria found out that Anita's lie caused Tony to want to die by calling for Chino, she likely never wanted to see Anita again.

Laura Coffi

Rien ne vaut l’original ♥️ xo from france 🇫🇷

LucyLovettLestrange

Maria doesn’t take sides with anybody, she’s mad at them all.

Austin W.

2y↑3

60 something years later, nothing has changed, except it has gotten worse.

Sissy Sovereign129

1y↑1

Sadly yes. You'd think people would have learned something from these movies

tarjji

2y↑4

At 2:56 Maria holds her hand out towards Chino. It would've been funny if Chino put the gun in his left hand and shook Maria's hand with his right

Don Love

4y↑81

When american cinema was great !

J Giza

4y↑11

Incredible ending... my heart breaks for her!

Lorraine Chandler

2y↑7

"Te Adoro Anton".💙😥

zt1053

38w

If tony and Maria had just let the jets and sharks have a fist fight none of this would have happened

Connor J

36w↑1

In West Side Story their deaths switched in real life between Tony and Maria. She died in real life and Tony has been Alive for a long time.

Charlie Rum old boi!

4y↑26

Love to see this in the theatre again. But with covid, not anymore.

Edward Cochran

3y↑7

Covid won't be here forever. Westside Story, will. Just like Romeo and Juliet....

TheMovieBuff

3y↑4

It’s coming out again for the anniversary this year and the new one comes out in December

Steve Jorfi

3y↑17

10 Academy Awards. Nominated 11.

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