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Love Story
In director Arthur Hiller's hit tearjerker -- based on Erich Segal's novella -- Ryan O'Neal plays Oliver Barrett IV, a comfortably off Harvard pre-law student who falls in love with Radcliffe music student Jenny Cavilleri (Ali MacGraw), a freewheeling, delightfully profane product of a blue-collar Italian-American family. Oliver's father (Ray Milland) heartily disapproves of the subsequent marriage and cuts off his son's allowance. Despite financial travails (the pampered Oliver actually has to go to work!), the couple is blissfully happy....until Jenny is diagnosed as having an unnamed disease that consigns her to an early death. The movie's tagline "Love means never having to say you're sorry" became an iconic American catchphrase, the film's theme a number one hit. One of the early products of Paramount guru Robert Evans, Love Story grossed more money than any Paramount production before it. This enormously successful film inspired a 1978 sequel, Oliver's Story. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Ali MacGraw as Jenny Ryan O'Neal as Oliver Barrett IV John Marley as Phil Ray Milland as Oliver Barrett III Russell Nype as Dean Katherine Balfour as Mrs. Oliver Barrett Ill Robert Modica as Dr. Addison Syd Walker as Dr. Shapely Walker Daniels as Ray Tommy Lee Jones as Hank John Merensky as Steve Andrew Duncan as Rev. Blauvelt

Crew Robert Gundlach - Art Director Pearl Somner - Costume Designer Peter R. Scoppa - First Assistant Director Arthur Hiller - Director Robert Jones - Editor David Golden - Executive Producer Francis Lai - Composer (Music Score) Martin Bell - Makeup Richard C. Kratina - Cinematographer Howard Minsky - Producer David Golden - Producer Phil Smith - Set Designer Jack C. Jacobsen - Sound/Sound Designer Erich Segal - Screenwriter Erich Segal - Book Author

Love Story
Some viewers dismiss Love Story as a cynical, manipulative tearjerker, mentioning "MacGraw's Disease," an incurable ailment which leaves its victims brave, sunny, and radiant. But these easy criticisms ignore why the film works so beautifully in the first place: it presents a pair of interesting, fully realized characters and makes us fall in love along with them. Ali MacGraw's portrayal of Jenny Cavilleri is so exuberant yet believable (she talks like a sailor) that she is immensely appealing, and Ryan O'Neal's Oliver is both sympathetic and admirable. These are good people, and when Jenny gets sick and Oliver grieves, we suffer along with them. Unlike with most tearjerkers and disease-of-the-week movies, we cry not because someone died, but because Jenny died. For proof of how much she's missed, see the dreadful sequel, Oliver's Story. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
 

Ali MacGraw: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actress (nominated) Ali MacGraw: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (winner) Arthur Hiller: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (nominated) Arthur Hiller: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated) Arthur Hiller: Golden Globe, Best Director (winner) Erich Segal: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) Erich Segal: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (winner) Francis Lai: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Score (winner) Francis Lai: Golden Globe, Best Original Score (winner) John Marley: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) John Marley: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Ryan O'Neal: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actor (nominated) Ryan O'Neal: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominated)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (nominated) Golden Globe, Best Picture - Drama (winner) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: 2: PCM stereo Additional Features: Theatrical trailer "A Classic Remembered" new documentary Commentary by director Arthur Hiller MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 100 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Love Story 0. Scene Selections 1. Preppy [3:48] 2. Penalty Box [5:09] 3. Fathers [5:08] 4. Falling in Love [2:27] 5. A Marriage Proposal [6:32] 6. Meeting The Parents [6:11] 7. Asking For A Scholarship [5:10] 8. A New World [4:25] 9. Husband And Wife [4:09] 10. An Invitation [2:04] 11. Looking For Jenny [3:59] 12. Law School Graduation [6:08] 13. Doctor's Advice [3:57] 14. Acting Normal [5:34] 15. Ice Skating [3:41] 16. A Personal Matter [4:57] 17. Holding Jenny [1:05] 18. "Love Means..." [5:19]