Sacha

12th Apr 2024

West Side Story (1961)

West Side Story mistake picture

Deliberate mistake: For dramatic and cinematic purposes, the floor of the court where the last scene takes place is wet, as opposed to the circle where Tony dies.

Sacha

15th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: When the camera zooms into the basketball field, the shadow of the Jets points in a 8 o'clock direction. In the close ups it's a 2 o'clock.

Sacha

15th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: When Maria finishes singing "I feel pretty" the purple fabric rests around her left shoulder. A frame later, from a new angle, it's resting around her arm.

Sacha

14th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: After the Jets and the Sharks have challenged themselves, Tony takes his right hand to his tie, but the immediate shot shows the hand by his side.

Sacha

14th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

14th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: When the Jets are playing basketball and Bernardo catches the ball, the position of the legs of the guy in the violet shirt differ between the first and second shot.

Sacha

13th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: In the bar, when the cop is asking where the fight is going to take place, he addresses a guy in the back. His position and that of his tie changes in half a second when the angle changes.

Sacha

13th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

13th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: In the basketball field, the guy with the white t-shirt and pink vest is laying against the fence. In the next shot he is slightly turned to the right.

Sacha

13th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: While Maria sings "I feel pretty", she leaves the pink cloth next to the edge of a table. When the angle changes its position differs.

Sacha

13th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: When Bernardo catches the basketball, the Jets are divided on two separate groups. Half a second later the next angle shows a closed single group.

Sacha

13th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: When the camera is zooming towards the playground, there's a guy on the right climbing the fence. He disappears from the fence half a second later.

Sacha

13th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: In the begining, when the Jets are snapping their fingers, the guy with the blue t-shirt has his arm against the fence. In the next shot he doesn't.

Sacha

13th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: The blonde guys snapping fingers, one with a violet t-shirt and the other with a red shirt, stand close to each other, but half a second later stand further apart.

Sacha

10th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

Continuity mistake: In the bar, when the cop is asking where the fight is going to take place, he addresses a guy in the back. His position and that of his tie changes in half a second when the angle changes.

Sacha

10th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

10th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

10th Jul 2007

West Side Story (1961)

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