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West Bank Story is a 2005 American musical comedy short film directed by Ari Sandel , co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray, produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, Bill Boland, and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio . The film is a parody of the classic 1961 musical film West Side Story , which in turn is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet . The film follows the rivalry between falafel restaurants, one Israeli and the other Palestinian , respectively named the "Kosher King" and the "Hummus Hut," and the romance between the latter's cashier and an Israeli soldier in the West Bank. The film stars Ben Newmark as the IDF soldier, Noureen DeWulf as the Palestinian cashier, A.J. Tannen as the Israeli restaurant owner, and Joey Naber as his Palestinian rival. Filmed on a Santa Clarita, California ranch, the short premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival , and was screened at numerous additional film festivals across the world, garnering several awards. In 2007, at the 79th Academy Awards , it won the Oscar in the category Best Live Action Short Film . The Haaretz (Feb. 2007), Musical comedy on West Bank wins Oscar for best live action short film
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West Bank Story is a comedy / musical short film , directed by Ari Sandel , co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray , produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio . The film is a parody of the classic musical film West Side Story , which in turn is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet , which in turn is adaptation of Pyramus and Thisbe . The film follows the romance between the relatives of the owners of rival falafel restaurants, one Israeli and the other Palestinian , respectively named the Kosher King and the Hummus Hut , in the West Bank. The film stars Ben Newmark as the IDF soldier, Noureen DeWulf as the Palestinian cashier, A.J. Tannen as the Israeli restaurant owner and Joey Naber as his Palestinian rival. The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival , and was screened at numerous additional film festivals across the world, garnering several awards. In 2007 , at the 79th Academy Awards , it won the Oscar in the category Best Live Action Short Film .
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West Bank Story is a comedy / musical short film , directed by Ari Sandel , co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray , produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, Bill Boland, and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio . The film is a parody of the classic musical film West Side Story , which in turn is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet . The film follows the romance between the relatives of the owners of rival falafel restaurants, one Israeli and the other Palestinian , respectively named the "Kosher King" and the "Hummus Hut," in the West Bank. The film stars Ben Newmark as the IDF soldier, Noureen DeWulf as the Palestinian cashier, A.J. Tannen as the Israeli restaurant owner, and Joey Naber as his Palestinian rival. Filmed on a Santa Clarita ranch, the short premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival , and was screened at numerous additional film festivals across the world, garnering several awards. In 2007, at the 79th Academy Awards , it won the Oscar in the category Best Live Action Short Film . The Haaretz (Feb. 2007), Musical comedy on West Bank wins Oscar for best live action short film
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West Bank Story is a comedy / musical short film directed by Ari Sandel , co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray, produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, Bill Boland, and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio . The film is a parody of the classic 1961 musical film West Side Story , which in turn is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet . The film follows the romance between the relatives of the owners of rival falafel restaurants, one Israeli and the other Palestinian , respectively named the "Kosher King" and the "Hummus Hut," in the West Bank. The film stars Ben Newmark as the IDF soldier, Noureen DeWulf as the Palestinian cashier, A.J. Tannen as the Israeli restaurant owner, and Joey Naber as his Palestinian rival. Filmed on a Santa Clarita, California ranch, the short premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival , and was screened at numerous additional film festivals across the world, garnering several awards. In 2007, at the 79th Academy Awards , it won the Oscar in the category Best Live Action Short Film . The Haaretz (Feb. 2007), Musical comedy on West Bank wins Oscar for best live action short film
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a 2005 american musical comedy short film directed by ari sandel
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