Tag: Arthur Laurents

The Way We Were Script

Script by:Arthur Laurents (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1973
IMDb:tt0070903

Plot:Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
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West Side Story (1961) Script

Script by:Jerome Robbins (Author), Arthur Laurents (Theatre Play), Jerome Robbins (Screenplay), Arthur Laurents (Screenplay), Ernest Lehman (Screenplay)
Directed by:Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Year:1961
IMDb:tt0055614

Plot:In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two kids, one from each rival gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
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Anastasia (1956) Script

Script by:Arthur Laurents (Screenplay), Guy Bolton (Adaptation), Marcelle Maurette (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Anatole Litvak
Year:1956
IMDb:tt0048947

Plot:Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her he comes to believe she is really Anastasia. In the end the Empress must decide her claim.
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Rope Script

Script by:Arthur Laurents (Screenplay), Patrick Hamilton (Theatre Play), Hume Cronyn (Adaptation), Ben Hecht (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1948
IMDb:tt0040746

Plot:Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
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