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28 C I N E M O N T A G E F E A T U R E By Kristin Marguerite Doidge W hen Michael Kahn, ACE, and Sarah Broshar began co-edit- ing Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story," they knew they worked with a gold-plated legacy: The original film of the Broadway hit, released in 1961, won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Thomas Stanford) alongside seven other Something's Coming HOW MICHAEL KAHN AND SARAH BROSHAR EDITED STEVEN SPIELBERG'S 'WEST SIDE STORY' statuettes that year, making it the musi- cal with the most Academy wins, including Best Picture. But Kahn and Broshar have created a legacy of their own. Kahn, who is one of the most-honored editors in motion picture history, has enjoyed a long association with Spielberg, spanning more than four d e c a d e s. H e i s a t h re e - t i m e A c a d e m y Award winner for his work on Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan," "Schindler's List," and "Raiders of the Lost Ark." His work on "West Side Story" marks his eighth collab- oration with Broshar, with whom he's cut all of Spielberg's films since "Adventures of Tintin" in 2011. "I feel like I'm very lucky to be one of the very few people who got a mentorship sort LIFE CAN BE BRIGHT: Broshar says editing the movie was "a very emotional process." P H OT O : D I S N E Y

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