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
12th Apr 2024
West Side Story (1961)
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.
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.
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.
14th Jul 2007
West Side Story (1961)
Continuity mistake: A spider web drawn by a girl near the fence disappears.
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.
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.
13th Jul 2007
West Side Story (1961)
Continuity mistake: In the playground, when the Jets stand up, the guy with the violet t-shirt stands up twice.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10th Jul 2007
West Side Story (1961)
Continuity mistake: When Riff is talking with Bernardo at the bar, the first shot shows one hand bent over the table. A frame later both arms are crossed together.
10th Jul 2007
West Side Story (1961)
Continuity mistake: At the bar, Riff's tie when challenging Bernardo swaps from tight to loose between shots.
10th Jul 2007
West Side Story (1961)
Continuity mistake: At the bar, 2 of the darts are very close together in one shot, and farther apart in the next.
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