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Title: Love Story (1970)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ali MacGraw | ... | Jenny | |
| Ryan O'Neal | ... | Oliver | |
| John Marley | ... | Phil | |
| Ray Milland | ... | Oliver Barrett III | |
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Russell Nype | ... | Dean Thompson |
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Katharine Balfour | ... | Mrs. Barrett (as Katherine Balfour) |
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Sydney Walker | ... | Dr. Shapeley |
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Robert Modica | ... | Dr. Addison |
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Walker Daniels | ... | Ray - Oliver's Roommate |
| Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Hank - Oliver's Roommate (as Tom Lee Jones) | |
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John Merensky | ... | Steve - Oliver's Roommate |
| Andrew Duncan | ... | Rev. Blauvelt | |
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Charlotte Ford | ... | Clerk |
| Sudie Bond | ... | (as Sudi Bond) | |
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Julie Garfield | ... | Bystander at Harpsichord Concerto |
The love story of young adults Oliver Barrett IV and Jenny Cavilleri is told. Oliver comes from an extremely well off and old money New England family, the Barrett name which holds much gravitas and which is plastered especially all over Harvard where Oliver is in pre-law. Like those before him, he plans on attending Harvard Law School, which is not an issue in either the school not accepting him or he not wanting to attend. He has an extremely stiff relationship with his parents, especially his father, Oliver Barrett III, who loves his son in the old school way. Jenny, a music student at Radcliffe, comes from a working class Rhode Island background, she working her way through the program before she plans on going to Paris to further her studies. Unlike Oliver's relationship with his father, Jenny has a very casual one with her baker father, who she calls by his given name Phil. When Oliver and Jenny meet, there are immediate fireworks - she always with a quick quip to put him in his... Written by Huggo
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I had never seen Love Story nor read the book. However, I vividly remember its popularity when I was a child. Now that I'm "all grown up" I cannot believe that 1970 America got mesmerized by such schmaltz.
For Love Story to garner a Best Picture nomination must mean that 1970 was a weak year for films. Others have panned O'Neal and McGraw's acting. I thought it was adequate... nothing to do backflips over, but adequate...certainly NOT Oscar winning. I've always liked Ryan O'Neal's acting. Someone else should have played Jenny
I can take the romance, the young love, grievous feelings. I've been there but what's most irksome about this film are the gaps in the story line. I had NO IDEA what the hell Jenny was dying from. Out of nowhere Oliver graduates from law school... did we ever see him crack a book. The screenplay is lacking in my opinion. This is certainly not the greatest love story ever told... at least not on film anyway.
Still, it's enjoyable and worth seeing if nothing else than to see Tommy Lee Jones in an early role and also for the beautiful winter scenery.
Rating: 7/10 or **1/2