Love Story (1970)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writer:

Erich Segal (written by)

Release Date:

16 December 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

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)...

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Bleachers | Telephone Call | Classical Music | Leukemia

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and a love scene.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Sweden:Btl | 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:PG

Filming Locations:

119 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Love Story Company

Trivia:

Director Arthur Hiller's first choice for Oliver was 'Beau Bridges', who turned it down.

Goofs:

Continuity: Camera shadow on street and car when they are talking about naming the baby Bozo.

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?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Movie Music Mania (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Skating in Central Park

Not my kind of movie (?)

I watched this movie by chance a couple of days ago. Me being a typical action-junkie, I would not intentionally have set out to watch this movie. Although I do enjoy the occasional romantic comedy, the word drama and the fact that the movie is 36 years old would have been enough for me to avoid this one. However, during one late night in front of the TV zapping, I stumbled over the beginning of this movie and got hooked.

I loved the lead characters and above all found the dialogue brilliant. I am not very good at analyzing actor performances and other aspects of the movie but judging from the Academy Award and nominations and the 709 other people that has given this movie a 10/10 rating I would guess that I am not the only one to like the movie.

Finally, I would not have lost any sleep if they had left out the part about "Love means never having to say you're sorry."

Nice Feel-good/Break-your-heart movie.