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Love Story ()

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A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 17 nominations.
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Jenny Cavilleri
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Oliver Barrett IV
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Phil Cavilleri
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Oliver Barrett III
Russell Nype ...
Dean Thompson
Katharine Balfour ...
Mrs. Barrett (as Katherine Balfour)
Sydney Walker ...
Dr. Shapeley
Robert Modica ...
Dr. Addison
Walker Daniels ...
Ray - Oliver's Roommate
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Hank - Oliver's Roommate (as Tom Lee Jones)
John Merensky ...
Steve - Oliver's Roommate
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Rev. Blauvelt
Charlotte Ford ...
Clerk
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(as Sudi Bond)
Julie Garfield ...
Bystander at Harpsichord Concerto
Kevin O'Neal
Milo Boulton ...
(as Milo Bolton)
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Cornell Hockey Player (uncredited)
Tony Landolfi ...
Man (uncredited)
Jennifer Merin ...
Student (uncredited)
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Tommy the Doorman (uncredited)
Ellen Stretton ...
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Donald Warnock ...
Harvard Student with Big Black Glasses (uncredited)
Mike Wheeler ...
Cornell Player #17 (uncredited)
Grant Willis ...
Harvard Student (uncredited)

Directed by

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Arthur Hiller

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Erich Segal ... (written by)

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David Golden ... executive producer
Howard G. Minsky ... producer

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Francis Lai

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Richard C. Kratina ... director of photography (as Dick Kratina)

Editing by

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Robert C. Jones

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Andrea Eastman

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Robert Gundlach

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Philip Smith

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Alice Manougian Martin
Pearl Somner

Makeup Department

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Martin Bell ... makeup artist (as Marty Bell)
William A. Farley ... hair stylist (as William Farley)

Production Management

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Sal Scoppa Jr. ... unit production manager (as Sal Scoppa)
Steven P. Skloot ... unit production manager (as Steven Skloot)

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Peter R. Scoppa ... assistant director (as Peter Scoppa)

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Joseph M. Caracciolo ... property master (as Joseph Caracciolo)

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Noyan Cosarer ... re-recording mixer
Charles Grenzbach ... sound recordist (as Bud Grenzbach)
Jack C. Jacobson ... sound recordist
Kitty Malone ... foley artist (uncredited)

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Lou Barlia ... camera operator
Ed Quinn ... key grip
Frank Schulz ... gaffer (as Frank Schultz)
Vinnie Gerardo ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ed Brennan ... wardrobe
Linda Howard ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Robert Bain ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Kevin Cleary ... music mixer (uncredited)
Richard Hazard ... conductor (uncredited)
Thorne Nogar ... music mixer (uncredited)
Georges Pludermacher ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

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Nicholas Sgarro ... script supervisor (as Nick Sgarro)
Louise Stein ... trainee script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Robert Cleary ... technical advisor: hockey sequences
William Cleary ... technical advisor: hockey sequences
Robert Evans ... studio executive (uncredited)
Gary Gillingham ... production accountant (uncredited)
Gerry Lewis ... publicist (uncredited)
Dolores Rubin ... script supervisor: California (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The love story of young adults Oliver Barrett IV and Jenny Cavilleri is told. Oliver comes from an extremely well off and old money New England family, the Barrett name which holds much gravitas and which is plastered especially all over Harvard where Oliver is in pre-law. Like those before him, he plans on attending Harvard Law School, which is not an issue in either the school not accepting him or he not wanting to attend. He has an extremely stiff relationship with his parents, especially his father, Oliver Barrett III, who loves his son in the old school way. Jenny, a music student at Radcliffe, comes from a working class Rhode Island background, she working her way through the program before she plans on going to Paris to further her studies. Unlike Oliver's relationship with his father, Jenny has a very casual one with her baker father, who she calls by his given name Phil. When Oliver and Jenny meet, there are immediate fireworks - she always with a quick quip to put him in his place - both of a good and bad kind, but they both quickly come to the realization that they are in love with each other. They have many obstacles to overcome in having a committed relationship, outwardly his father's disapproval of someone like her not being Barrett material being arguably the the biggest. However, other things that happen in the natural course of life and death may trump all. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Love means never having to say you're sorry See more »
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Also Known As
  • Historia de Amor (Spain)
  • ある愛の詩 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Mīlas stāsts (Latvia)
  • História de Amor (Portugal)
  • История любви (Russia)
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  • 100 min
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Box Office

Budget $2,200,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $136,400,000

Did You Know?

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Trivia The scenes with Oliver Barrett walking alone through a snowy New York were added after principal photography was completed. The production was almost out of money and did not have the necessary funds for permits to shoot in New York City again - so all the shots were grabbed illegally using a skeleton film crew and Ryan O'Neal. See more »
Goofs During the Harvard-Dartmouth hockey match, Oliver is wearing #7 jersey for Harvard. In the penalty box, he tells Jenny that he is concentrating on how he is going to total the Dartmouth player who had him sent to the box. He points to the Dartmouth player, who at this point has just taken down another Harvard player who is clearly wearing #7. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Concerto No. 3 in D Major See more »
Crazy Credits Unusually, for a movie released in the early 1970s, there are no opening credits after the title has been shown. See more »
Quotes Jennifer Cavalieri: You look stupid and rich.
Oliver Barrett IV: Well, what if I'm smart and poor?
Jennifer Cavalieri: *I'm* smart and poor.
Oliver Barrett IV: Well what makes you so smart?
Jennifer Cavalieri: I wouldn't go out for coffee with you that's what.
Oliver Barrett IV: Well what if I wasn't even gonna ask you to go out for coffee with me?
Jennifer Cavalieri: Well that's what makes you stupid.
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