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Director:
Writer:
Erich Segal (written by)
Release Date:
16 December 1970 (USA)
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Tagline:
Love means never having to say you're sorry
Plot:
Harvard Law student/hockey jock (Oliver Barrett IV) meets Radcliffe music wonk (Jennifer Cavalleri)...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 11 wins
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13 nominations
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Timeless classic!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ali MacGraw | ... | Jennifer Cavalleri |
 | Ryan O'Neal | ... | Oliver Barrett IV |
| John Marley | ... | Phil Cavalleri |
 | Ray Milland | ... | Oliver Barrett III |
| Russell Nype | ... | Dean Thompson |
| Katharine Balfour | ... | Mrs. Barrett (as Katherine Balfour) |
| Sydney Walker | ... | Dr. Shapely |
| Robert Modica | ... | Dr. Addison |
| Walker Daniels | ... | Ray Stratton |
 | Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Hank Simpson (as Tom Lee Jones) |
| John Merensky | ... | Steve |
| Andrew Duncan | ... | Reverend Blauvelt |
| Charlotte Ford | ... | Clerk, Mount Sinai Hospital |
| Sudie Bond | (as Sudi Bond) | |
 | Julie Garfield |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for language and a love scene.
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Runtime:
99 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
Sweden:Btl |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Norway:11 (re-rating) |
Norway:7 (original rating) |
Peru:PT |
UK:PG |
USA:GP (original rating) |
USA:PG (re-rating) (2000) |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG
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Trivia:
Barbara Parkins claimed recently that she turned down the lead role.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Jenny phones Oliver's dad to decline the birthday invitation, Oliver is wearing a different pair of jeans than he is wearing in the next shot when he runs in the streets looking for her.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Oliver Barrett IV: What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach, the Beatles, and me?
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Oliver Barrett IV: What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach, the Beatles, and me?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: Catch 'Em If You Can (#15.18)" (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Snow Frolic
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Very pleasant surprised by this wonderful and brilliantly acted "Love Story". Owkay, the title captures everything of the movie. You instantly know what it is about. But that doesn't bother. This movie is almost twice my age and before I started watching this movie, I wasn't sure if I would like it. After all, I want a movie to be recognizable (at least with a movie about a love story, I'm not talking about movies in general. You can't expect a movie like "The Godfather" to be recognizable) and the acting has to be real. With certain movies from a couple of decennia ago, I sometimes have the feeling the acting isn't real, you're all the time aware of the fact that they are acting, and I think a movie can't have that.
The acting here was amazing. Ali MacGraw as well as Ryan O'Neal were both excellent in their roles as Jenny and Oliver. I thought both fathers were quite good as well, specially Jenny's father Phil, performed by John Marley, who surely deserved his Academy Award Nomination. The music was also terrific in this movie. I think it's, beside the acting, one of the most important points to make this movie timeless.
Unfortunately, this movie became the only success of the leading actors. It could have been the beginning of a brilliant acting career, but "Love Story" became the highlight of their career. To conclude I can only repeat that "Love Story" is a brilliant and timeless romantic classic!
Watch this movie! 9/10