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Overview
Release Date:
16 December 1970 (USA) moreTagline:
Love means never having to say you're sorryPlot:
Harvard Law student/hockey jock (Oliver Barrett IV) meets Radcliffe music wonk (Jennifer Cavalleri)... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 13 nominations moreUser Comments:
The modern tear-jerker. moreCast
(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 |
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated PG for language and a love scene.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
99 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
South Korea:15 | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:14A | 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:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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Christopher Walken, David Birney, and Ken Howard screen-tested for the role of Oliver. Despite Arthur Hiller's preference for Walken, Robert Evans preferred Ryan O'Neal, describing him as "a reactor rather than an actor". moreGoofs:
Continuity: During the Cornell/Harvard hockey match, before Oliver enters the penalty box, his hockey jersey is almost spotless. After he sits down and takes off his helmet, a large blood smear appears on his jersey near his shoulder. moreQuotes:
[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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Long Walk Home moreFAQ
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The modern tear-jerker for today's audiences. By today everybody knows the story for this film; boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy discovers girl has terminal illness.
Even though I am a guy, I cried at the end of this (something very rare). Well done all around. Great acting and direction, with a brilliant music score and very well adapted from the book. Without a doubt in my mind, the greatest romance film ever made between the 1970's - the present. 10 out of 10.