Plot & Details
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.
- MPAA Rating: PG
- Genre(s): Drama,Romance
- Run Time: 100min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/1970
- DVD Release Date: 04/24/2001
- Distributor(s): Paramount
- Director(s): Arthur Hiller
- Starring: Ali MacGraw , Ryan O'Neal , John Marley , Ray Milland , Russell Nype
- Themes: Dying Young,Class Differences
- Tone: Earnest,Poignant,Bittersweet,Sentimental,Tearjerking
- Keywords: class-consciousness,college-student,family-disapproval,father,parent/child-relationship,star-crossed-lovers,terminal-illness
- Language: English
Awards
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Cast & Crew | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Director | Arthur Hiller | Nominated |
| 1970 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Actress | Ali MacGraw | Nominated |
| 1970 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Picture | Howard Minsky | Nominated |
| 1970 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Supporting Actor | John Marley | Nominated |
| 1970 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Original Score | Francis Lai | Won |
| 1970 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Original Screenplay | Erich Segal | Nominated |
| 1970 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Actor | Ryan O'Neal | Nominated |
Golden Globes
| Year | Award | Category | Cast & Crew | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Screenplay | Erich Segal | Won |
| 1970 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Director | Arthur Hiller | Won |
| 1970 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Ryan O'Neal | Nominated |
| 1970 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Original Score | Francis Lai | Won |
| 1970 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Ali MacGraw | Won |
| 1970 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Picture - Drama | Won | |
| 1970 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | John Marley | Nominated |
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