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Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
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12 August 1970 (USA)
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Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy...
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Won Oscar.
Another 6 nominations
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Great Wedding Film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bea Arthur | ... | Bea Vecchio |
 | Bonnie Bedelia | ... | Susan Henderson |
 | Michael Brandon | ... | Mike Vecchio |
 | Richard S. Castellano | ... | Frank Vecchio (as Richard Castellano) |
| Bob Dishy | ... | Jerry (as Robert Dishy) |
| Harry Guardino | ... | Johnny |
| Marian Hailey | ... | Brenda |
| Joseph Hindy | ... | Ritchie Vecchio |
| Anne Jackson | ... | Kathy |
 | Diane Keaton | ... | Joan Vecchio |
 | Cloris Leachman | ... | Bernice Henderson |
| Anne Meara | ... | Wilma |
| Gig Young | ... | Hal Henderson |
| Anthony Holland | ... | Donaldson |
| Bob Kaliban | ... | Hotel clerk |
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104 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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The original Broadway production of "Lovers and Other Strangers" written by actors Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna opened on September 18, 1968 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and ran for 70 performances. Renée Taylor also performed in the stage play and wrote the screenplay with her husband Joseph Bologna.
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Crew or equipment visible: Near the beginning of the movie, when Gig Young and Cloris Leachman are sitting on the couch with a mirror behind them, you can see a reflection of a crew member in the mirror as he tries to move out of the shot.
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Jerry:
Brenda, let me tell you something about pot. When you take it, your taste buds become so physically sensitive that a grapefruit tastes like caviar. Your whole ability to touch to love to see to understand to feel to know is magnified so you could split the universe open like a walnut and know its secrets.
Brenda: Okay, let me have some.
Jerry: I don't have any.
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Brenda: Okay, let me have some.
Jerry: I don't have any.
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Referenced in "Murder, She Wrote: Lovers and Other Killers (#1.5)" (1984)
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Keepin' Free
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This is one of the funniest wedding pictures I have ever seen. The film pretty much accurately portrays a lot of the things that go on around the time of a wedding. Things like the mother of either the bride or groom about to suffer a nervous breakdown, one couple on the verge of a divorce while the brother (or sister) is getting married or one of the groomsmen trying to make it with one of the bridesmaids. The writer must have been to a lot of weddings to really come up with this great slice of life comedy.
As for the cast, Bonnie Bedelia and Michael Brandon are perfectly cast as Susan and Mike, who seem to be the only ones that are happy while everyone else isn't. Cloris Leachman (a few months before taking the role of Mary Richard's annoying and overbearing neighbor Phyllis) is also great as Susan's mother, who is oblivious to her husband's philandering. Also, in a very quiet performance, Dianne Keaton makes a solid debut as Mike's soon to be ex-sister-in-law, who show's up even though she know's she has to face her in-law's as well as her estranged husband. However, Bea Arthur (a couple of years before her career defining role as overbearing liberal Maude) steals the show as Mike's overbearing, devoutly Catholic mother. This film is definitely a sleeper.