West Side Story and the 34th Academy Award

The Worthy boys join a snapping gang to do some interpretive dancing in the west side of New York for our 34th episode of Worthy Podcast! With West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards, this became the biggest Oscar-winning musical of all time, beating the record Gigi set three years before with its nine Oscars. 

It is the only movie winning exactly 10 Academy Awards. No other Movie has 10 Academy Awards, although Ben Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) have won 11 Academy Awards. We even discuss how 1961’s West Side Story compares to the 2021 remake by the one and only Steven Speilberg! 

Is West Side Story worthy of the Best Picture award of 1961? Tell us how we’re wrong at worthysubmissions@gmail.com