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
Gigi (1958 film) year with 11 Oscars. In tribute to "Gigi"s domination of the Oscars, the MGM switchboard answered calls the following day with "M-Gigi-M". "Gigi", eventually along with 1987's "The Last Emperor", held the record as the film(s) with the most Academy Award wins in every category in which it was nominated, until 2003's "" broke the record at the 2004 Oscars ceremony with 11 Oscar nominations and 11 Oscar wins. In about 2008, the film was digitally restored by Prasad Studios, which removed dirt, tears, scratches, and other defects frame by frame. Gigi (1958 film) Gigi () is a 1958 American