Loving (1970)

Director:

Irvin Kershner

Writers:

Don Devlin
J.M. Ryan (novel)

Release Date:

27 April 1970 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Trust was something she took for granted

Plot:

Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace...

Plot Keywords:

Manhattan New York City | World Trade Center Manhattan New York City | New York City | Based On Novel

Cast

George Segal	...	Brooks Wilson
Eva Marie Saint	...	Selma Wilson
Sterling Hayden	...	Lepridon
Keenan Wynn	...	Edward
Nancie Phillips	...	Nelly
Janis Young	...	Grace
David Doyle	...	Will
Paul Sparer	...	Marve
Andrew Duncan	...	Willy
Sherry Lansing	...	Susan
Roland Winters	...	Plommie
Edgar Stehli	...	Mr. Kramm
Calvin Holt	...	Danny
Mina Kolb	...	Diane
Diana Douglas	...	Mrs. Shavelson
David Ford	...	Al
James Manis	...	Charles
Mart Hulswit	...	Ted (as Mart Hulswitt)
John Fink	...	Brad
William Duffy	...	Jay
Irving Selbst	...	Benny
Martin Harvey Friedberg	...	Roger (as Martin Friedberg)
Lorraine Cullen	...	Lizzie
Cheryl Bucher	...	Hannah
Ed Crowley	...	Mr. Shavelson
Roy Scheider	...	Skip
Sab Shimono	...	Byron
Eileen O'Neill	...	Cindy
Diane Davies	...	Barbie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Beers	...	(uncredited)
John Reidy	...	Flower delivery man (uncredited)

Directed by
Irvin Kershner

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Don Devlin
J.M. Ryan		novel

Produced by
Don Devlin	....	producer
Raymond Wagner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bernardo Segall

Cinematography by
Gordon Willis

Film Editing by
Robert Lawrence

Production Design by
Walter Scott Herndon

Costume Design by
Albert Wolsky

Makeup Department
Joseph Cranzano	....	makeup artist (as Joe Cranzano)

Production Management
Stanley Neufeld	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Folger	....	assistant director
Allan Wertheim	....	second assistant director
Ted Zachary	....	assistant director

Art Department
John Godfrey	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Newton Avrutis	....	sound
Nathan Boxer	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Chapman	....	camera operator

Music Department
Bernardo Segall	....	conductor
Billy Byers	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Gus Levene	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Matthew Robbins	....	production assistant
Lewis Teague	....	production associate

Production Companies

• Brooks Ltd.
• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures

Also Known As:

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Company:

Brooks Ltd.

Trivia:

Halfway through the film, George Segal's character enters an actual construction site in New York City. The complex being constructed was the World Trade Center.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Ice Storm (1997)

Soundtrack:

Loving

Critically acclaimed for a reason

I caught this film on late night cable (maybe even the 'romance' movie channel) and it left a deep impression. There is a gap between this type of melodrama in European cinema at the time and the 'revolution' that was happening in American cinema, particularly the suspension of moral judgment outside of epiphany. The main character is having a typical middle age, middle class crisis and we are allowed to see it unfold unencumbered by a personal transformation, a complete crash. This type of screen writing is having a revival in shows like 6 feet under on HBO. I would recommend it to anyone interested in that dark, muddy 1970's American cinema that seems to put the middle class of the 1960's to rest but doesn't become another 'desert road trip' film.