West Side Story (film) Wise's dazzling direction, Leonard Bernstein's score, and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics, "West Side Story" remains perhaps the most iconic of all the Shakespeare adaptations to visit the big screen." The film earned $19,645,000 in North American rentals. Because of profit participation, United Artists earned a profit of $2.5 million on the film. Its ten Academy Awards make it the musical film with the most Academy wins, including Best Picture. Three other films ("Ben-Hur", "Titanic" and "") won 11 Oscars, but they were not musical films. Awards American Film Institute lists: The film's cast appeared and was honored at the 50th anniversary
The Eagle (1959 film) submarine, under pressure from Germany and the Soviet Union, but it escaped. The Eagle (1959 film) The Eagle () is a 1959 Polish war film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. It is based on the true story of the Polish World War II submarine . Since the real "Orzeł" was sunk in the war, to assure authenticity her role was played by her sister ship, the . The film was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. The story is inspired by the Orzeł incident, when "Orzel", entered, in September 1939, the harbour of neutral Estonia and left its commanding