Love Story Movie Review 1970

Melodrama had enormous popular appeal. O'Neal is the son of Boston's upper crust at Harvard; McGraw's the daughter of a poor Italian on scholarship to study music at Radcliffe. They find happiness, but only for a brief period. Timeless story, simply told, with artful direction from Hiller pulling exceptional performances from the young duo (who have never done as well since). The end result is perhaps better than Segal's simplistic novel, which was produced after he sold the screenplay and became a best-seller before the picture's release--great publicity for any film. Remember: "Love means never having to say you're sorry."

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tearjerkers, Tragedy, New York, New York, Boston, Top Grossing Films of 1970, Disease of the Week, Hockey, Books to Film: Erich Segal

Screenplay

Erich Segal

Cast

Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John Marley, Tommy Lee Jones

Cinematography

Richard Kratina

Director

Arthur Hiller

Music

Francis Lai

Other

Robert C. Jones

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1970: Orig. Score; Golden Globes 1971: Actress--Drama (MacGraw), Director (Hiller), Film--Drama, Screenplay, Score.