Love Story
Love means never having to say you’re sorry.
1970 | 99m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
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| Writer: | Erich Segal |
| Staring: |
| Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 16, 1970 |
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| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
| Writer: | Erich Segal |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, harvard university, college, cancer, tragic love, class differences, string ensemble, telephone box, lapsed catholic, trying to get pregnant, snow angel, rich man poor woman, domineering, witty, depressing, romantic, authoritarian, condescending, disheartening |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Love Story Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $136,400,000
Budget: $2,200,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ali MacGraw | Jennifer Cavilleri |
| Ryan O'Neal | Oliver Barrett IV |
| John Marley | Phil Cavilleri |
| Ray Milland | Oliver Barrett III |
| Russell Nype | Dean Thompson |
| Tommy Lee Jones | Hank - Oliver's Roommate |
| Sydney Walker | Dr. Shapeley |
| Robert Modica | Dr. Addison |
| Katherine Balfour | Oliver's mother |
| Sudie Bond | Woman buying Christmas tree |
| Walker Daniels | Oliver's Roommate, Ray |
| John Merensky | Oliver's Roommate, Steve |
| Andrew Duncan | Rev. Blauvelt |
| Charlotte Ford | Clerk |
| Julie Garfield | Bystander at Harpsichord Concerto |
| Kevin O'Neal | |
| Milo Boulton |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard C. Kratina | Director of Photography |
| Andrea Eastman | Casting |
| Peter R. Scoppa | Assistant Director |
| Robert C. Jones | Editor |
| Martin Bell | Makeup Artist |
| Philip Smith | Set Decoration |
| Robert Gundlach | Art Direction |
| William A. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Erich Segal | Screenplay |
| Arthur Hiller | Director |
| Francis Lai | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Howard G. Minsky | Producer |
| Robert Evans | Executive Producer |
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Well acted tear-jerker has some nice scenes and dialogue between Ryan O'Neil and Ali MacGraw, and thankfully not overly schmaltzy. Today this sort of thing would be on Lifetime but back in 70 was a box office hit. Not sure it's something I'll watch again anytime soon but decent for a romance-drama. ... **3.5/5**
Ryan O'Neal ("Oliver") is the son of a wealthy family who falls in love with "Jenny"(Ali McGraw) - a working class girl of whom his father (Ray Milland) does not approve. When the couple decide they are serious, his relationship with his father breaks down. He is studying law, qualifies third in his ... class at Harvard, gets a decent job and their now married life together looks set fair - until, that is, they struggle to conceive a child. A visit to the doctor presents their idyllic lifestyle with a massive shock and the two, at just twenty four years of age, must come to terms with a looming tragedy. There is quite a bit of engaging, first love, chemistry between these actors, and the script is peppered with some gentle humour as their lively romance blossoms in front of us. The production is adequate, all it needs to be in a performance driven film like this but the nature of the ending served little purpose and felt really quite unnecessarily unfulfilling and downbeat. It is a good film, but I suspect that Francis Lai's theme tune will long outlive the memory of anything we see on screen.